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Alleged suicide bomber led insular life

Profile emerges of Iraqi-born Swede behind twin blasts in Stockholm

Taimour Abdulwahab al Abdaly, the Iraqi-born Swede who allegedly set off a car bomb, killing himself in the act, in Stockholm on Saturday, had a profile on Muslim dating website Muslima. “I want to get married again, and would like to have a big family. My wife agreed to this,” wrote 29-year-old al Abdaly, who listed that he was married in 2004 and had two young girls. He appeared to be looking for a practicing Sunni Muslim to become his second wife. His profile stated that he was financially “OK” and gave extra money to the needy. It is believed that al Abdaly lived in in Luton, which has a large Muslim community, for eight years, but generally kept to himself. Other reports state that he lived in a three-bedroom property with his wife, their two daughters, and a baby son.

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