Terror trial jurors watch Stockholm fatal blast

Jurors in Glasgow have been shown footage of the moment a man blew himself up in a busy Stockholm street.

The CCTV footage, handed to police by shop owner Naresh Lakhwani after the blast on 11 December 2010, shows a figure in dark clothing leave the shop, going between Drottninggatan and Bryggargatan streets.

Moments later, a flash of light is seen coming from the left, in Bryggargatan, followed by a cloud of smoke and people running away.

Mr Lakhwani, 42, who owns a watch shop in Drottninggatan, said people were “panicking”.

He said he was inside his store when he heard the explosion and saw people “running from right and left”, prompting him to contact the emergency services.

He said that, when the smoke cleared, he saw a man lying on the ground and decided to approach him in case he needed assistance.

The businessman said: “As soon as I came close to the body, I saw that his stomach was open and there were body parts close to his body and I saw there was something seriously wrong.”

Mr Lakhwani was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow in the trial of Nasserdine Menni, who is accused of being involved in a conspiracy with a man named Taimour Abdulwahab, which resulted in a bomb going off in the Swedish capital. Abdulwahab died in the explosion.

Menni is alleged to have furthered Abdulwahab’s terrorist aims. It is alleged he conspired with Abdulwahab and others from addresses in Glasgow, Luton, Bedford, Syria, Iraq and Sweden between 1 January 2003 and 8 March 2011.

Menni is also charged with transferring money to or for the use of Abdulwahab, in the knowledge or with reasonable cause to suspect it would be used for the purposes of terrorism.

He denies all the charges against him.