The 30-year-old man states that he wanted to carry out the attack as revenge for the Koran burnings in Sweden, but believes that he has been brainwashed. Nor should he have gotten hold of a weapon.
The two accused men are both citizens of Afghanistan and have lived in Germany for a number of years. Chats on Telegram have shown that the 30-year-old had contact with a person in Iran who is considered to be connected to the terrorist organization IS.
None of them should have been to Sweden. However, they must have searched for information about central Stockholm online, according to the indictment.