Sweden bombing: student remanded
Man remanded in bail by Glasgow court on suspicion of involvement in the December attack in Sweden A nursing student arrested in Glasgow has been charged with terrorism fundraising offences in connection with a suicide bomb attack in Stockholm. Ezedden Khalid Ahmed Al Khaledi, 30, appeared in private at Glasgow sheriff court and was remanded in custody after being arrested last Tuesday on suspicion of involvement with the failed car bombing in the Swedish capital in December. Khaledi, who had been taking a nursing course at North Glasgow college, was also charged with five identity and fraud-related offences under immigration and banking legislation. He was arrested last Tuesday after a dawn raid by Strathclyde police on his 19th-floor flat in Whiteinch, Glasgow, after a joint investigation with Bedfordshire police, the Metropolitan police and Swedish authorities. Two other addresses in the city were searched but there were no other arrests. After nearly a week in custody at a high-security police station in Govan, he arrived in court under armed guard. He made no plea or declaration and is expected to reappear in court next week after his bail application was refused. Khaledi is believed to be the first person arrested and charged in connection with the attack in a shopping area of central Stockholm on 12 December , when a car bomb caught fire but failed to detonate. An Iraqi-born Swedish national, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, was found dead when his bomb belt apparently exploded accidentally, injuring two passers-by. Al-Abdaly had been a student at the University of Luton, now the University of Bedfordshire, before graduating with a BSc in sports therapy in 2004. He had been living in Luton with his wife and children. Khaledi has been charged under sections 15, 16 and 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which relate to the use of money or property for terrorist purposes and fundraising. He is accused of opening accounts for terrorism purposes with Lloyds TSB, the Post Office, Halifax Bank of Scotland and Santander. He is alleged to have entered “into an arrangement” to provide cash for terrorism between January 2003 and December 2010. Khaledi was also charged with allegedly supplying false information about his identity to stay in the UK and claim benefits illegally and with fraudulently opening bank accounts with a false identity with Lloyds TSB and the Post Office. Global terrorism Sweden Europe Scotland Severin Carrell guardian.co.uk
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Sweden bombing: student remanded
Man remanded in bail by Glasgow court on suspicion of involvement in the December attack in Sweden A nursing student arrested in Glasgow has been charged with terrorism fundraising offences in connection with a suicide bomb attack in Stockholm. Ezedden Khalid Ahmed Al Khaledi, 30, appeared in private at Glasgow sheriff court and was remanded in custody after being arrested last Tuesday on suspicion of involvement with the failed car bombing in the Swedish capital in December. Khaledi, who had been taking a nursing course at North Glasgow college, was also charged with five identity and fraud-related offences under immigration and banking legislation. He was arrested last Tuesday after a dawn raid by Strathclyde police on his 19th-floor flat in Whiteinch, Glasgow, after a joint investigation with Bedfordshire police, the Metropolitan police and Swedish authorities. Two other addresses in the city were searched but there were no other arrests. After nearly a week in custody at a high-security police station in Govan, he arrived in court under armed guard. He made no plea or declaration and is expected to reappear in court next week after his bail application was refused. Khaledi is believed to be the first person arrested and charged in connection with the attack in a shopping area of central Stockholm on 12 December , when a car bomb caught fire but failed to detonate. An Iraqi-born Swedish national, Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, 28, was found dead when his bomb belt apparently exploded accidentally, injuring two passers-by. Al-Abdaly had been a student at the University of Luton, now the University of Bedfordshire, before graduating with a BSc in sports therapy in 2004. He had been living in Luton with his wife and children. Khaledi has been charged under sections 15, 16 and 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which relate to the use of money or property for terrorist purposes and fundraising. He is accused of opening accounts for terrorism purposes with Lloyds TSB, the Post Office, Halifax Bank of Scotland and Santander. He is alleged to have entered “into an arrangement” to provide cash for terrorism between January 2003 and December 2010. Khaledi was also charged with allegedly supplying false information about his identity to stay in the UK and claim benefits illegally and with fraudulently opening bank accounts with a false identity with Lloyds TSB and the Post Office. Global terrorism Sweden Europe Scotland Severin Carrell guardian.co.uk
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