Man arrested over bombing in Sweden

The 30-year-old foreign national was arrested in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow at about 6am over the bombing in Sweden in December last year.

It is alleged the man, who was taken to a high-security police station in the city, was involved in aiding terrorists in Sweden.

The suicide bomber, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, who studied at the University of Bedfordshire, blew himself up and injured two people in an attack in Stockholm’s shopping district.

Chief Superintendent Ruaraidh Nicolson, from Strathclyde Police, said the arrest was part of an ongoing investigation that was “intelligence led”.

He said: “It’s very early in the investigation. It’s been ongoing for just over the last month or so.

“We want to reassure the public we’ve no evidence whatsoever that there is a threat to Scotland.”

Referring to the investigation, he said there was “absolutely no evidence” that there was a terrorist cell working in Scotland.

He said the nationality of the man being held was “part of the ongoing investigation”.

Officers were searching three properties in Glasgow.

The Metropolitan Police and Bedfordshire Police are also involved in the investigation.

Iraqi-born student Abdulwahab, who lived in Luton, Bedfordshire, killed himself and injured the two others in the Swedish capital on December 11.

Mr Nicolson said a “number of other agencies” were involved in the investigation both in and outside the UK.

He said: “We don’t have any evidence that this is focused on Scotland. The threat actually is outwith Scotland in terms of international terrorism.”

The Swedish Security Service said the arrest was made following collaboration between Scotland and Sweden.