Deadly blast in Sweden:

British police join probe

SWEDEN: British police raided a property near London late Sunday as part of a probe into a fatal blast in Stockholm, which Swedish investigators say was a "terrorist crime".

The Swedish capital was hit by twin explosions on Saturday - a suspected suicide attack and separate blast - targeting Christmas shoppers in a busy pedestrian area of the city.

A man investigators suspect may have been the bomber was killed while the other explosion nearby injured two people.

Islamist website Shumukh al-Islam named Taymour Abdel Wahab as the man responsible for the explosions, although Sweden's intelligence agency Saepo has refused to comment on the claim.

The latest development in Britain came as British newspapers reported Monday that a man claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked website to be behind the bomb blasts had studied and lived in Luton, Bedfordshire.

"Officers executed a search warrant under the Terrorism Act 2000 at an address in Bedfordshire. There have been no arrests," said a spokesman for London Metropolitan Police.

"We are confirming that this is in connection with the incident in Stockholm on Saturday."

British media reported that Wahab had studied at the University of Bedfordshire in Luton, around 30 miles (50 kilometres) north of London, and had continued living in the town in recent years.

AFP