Two arrested over car bomb attack

Stockholm - Swedish police have arrested two men over a car-bomb attack in June 1999 against two journalists who were investigating…

Stockholm - Swedish police have arrested two men over a car-bomb attack in June 1999 against two journalists who were investigating neo-Nazi networks.

One of the journalists and his son were badly injured when the bomb exploded as he opened the car door. The rise of far-right groups has caused outrage in Sweden. Several newspapers have run high-profile name-and-shame campaigns, carrying prominent pictures of alleged right-wing extremists.

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