Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly had been confronted at a mosque in Luton when found preaching extremist views.
Taimour caused the twin explosions that rocked Stockholm, Sweden, on December 11th which injured two people and killed him. Police believe that after setting his car on fire, the suicide bomber laden with three explosive devices was either headed towards a crowded railway station or a shopping mall packed with Christmas shoppers when one of the bombs went off prematurely.
In a message sent out before the attack, Taimour had criticised Sweden’s role in the war in Afghanistan, demanding that the country withdraw its troops. He had also condemned the artist Lars Vilks for his controversial drawings of Prophet Muhammad.
Taimour, who came to the UK from Sweden in 2001, studied sports therapy at the University of Bedfordshire. He married in 2004 and continued to live in Luton.
Neighbours described him as a quiet family man, who loved his two daughters and baby son, and would be seen playing with them on the trampoline in the garden. His wife and children are presently in hiding as the police comb his home in Luton for clues.
Taimour’s family and friends in Sweden have claimed that it was during his student days in the UK that he was radicalised and indoctrinated into fanatical beliefs.
Growing up in Sweden, he showed little interest in religion and whiled away his time partying and even drinking beer it has been revealed.
However, the company that Taimour kept in Luton seem to have had such an influence on him that he named his baby son Osama after the Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
After being challenged about his radical views of religion at the Luton Islamic Centre, Taimour stormed out, never to return again to the mosque.
He reportedly went back to the Islamic society of his former university and continued to preach his version of extreme Islam and there have been fears that he may have radicalised a large section of students.
This incident has once again put the spotlight on Luton, which had been previously linked with the 7/7 bombers, as a hot bed of extremism.

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