IS member sought by Sweden may be in Norway

On Wednesday both Denmark and Sweden raised their terror alarms, with Swedish authorities confirming they were searching for a suspected terrorist based on “concrete intelligence” warning of a possible terrorist attack.

Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Majid, who local media said was suspected to have fought in Syria, for preparing a “terrorist” attack.

The terror threat in Sweden is now at “four”, one level below the highest alert, and the highest it has ever been. The highest level is five, or “very high”.

“We are looking for a specific man and we are doing everything in our power to find him”, police chief Anders Thornberg told a Swedish newspaper.

Danish police have been asked to be on the lookout for a man suspected of plotting terror in Sweden. “We don’t want to disclose our methods”, Thornberg said.

SAPO, said late Wednesday it hasn’t established any direct link between the suspect and the recent attacks in Paris by Islamic State, which killed at least 129 people.

Swedish Interior Minister Ygeman informed a information convention that the person hunt alone would possible not have been adequate to boost the threat degree however got here within the context of heightened safety considerations throughout Europe.

Iraqi Mutar Muthanna Majid was apprehended during an afternoon raid on a centre for asylum seekers in the northeastern city of Boliden without incident, according to security services.

“We are determined to take every action to secure order, security and safety in our country”, he said.

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) is assisting its Swedish colleagues in the search for a man accused of plotting an attack on Sweden. Rantala said that evaluation of threat levels is an ongoing process, with officers pondering the correct threat level every day.