Sweden Raises Threat Level, Citing ‘Concrete Information’

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has released a statement congratulating Säpo on its work.

Security services said on Wednesday they had concrete information about a possible attack on Sweden, days after the Islamist militant attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.

The director general of Swedish security service Sapo, Anders Thornberg, told reporters that the agency is “at an intensive operative stage and are working to analyze the information”. “At current, we all know of no hyperlinks to what has occurred in France and Belgium”. “He is detained in his absence so he is to be arrested”.

Synagogues in Sweden have been shut down as a temporary precautionary measure after the country raised its terror threat level to “high”.

Prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation right into a potential terrorist offence.

The change was based on intelligence that indicated Islamic State’s intent to carry out attacks in Europe had increased.

According to the Local Sweden, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said in an interview with the Expressen tabloid that Swedish police is looking for more terror suspects who are believed to be at large.

The agency said authorities did not know where, when or how any attack could be carried out. On Wednesday, Sweden raised its terror threat status to “high”, the second-highest level. “So we need to do more”, she said.

Sweden over the previous few years has participated in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation missions in Afghanistan and are coaching Kurdish forces in Iraq, strikes which have modified its conventional picture of neutrality.

Norway’s Police Directorate confirmed on Thursday morning that it had alerted all police districts to keep a look out for Mutar Muthanna Majid, after being contacted by Swedish police, who feated the terrorist may attempt to escape across the border.