Man charged in connection with Stockholm suicide bombing
• Police officers take evidence bags from a block of flats in Whiteinch, Glasgow
The man was arrested at a block of flats in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow on Tuesday morning last week.
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Hide AdSuicide bomber, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, who studied at the University of Luton, blew himself up and injured two people in an attack in Stockholm's shopping district in December last year.
Iraqi-born student Abdulwahab, who lived in Luton, apparently killed himself as he tried to set off a car bomb in a busy street.
A statement released by Strathclyde Police today said: "Strathclyde Police can confirm that a 30-year-old man has been charged with offences under the Terrorism Act (2000). This follows an operation in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow on Tuesday March 8."