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Holy book burning elicits militant threats
Updated On: 18 October, 2023 08:17 AM IST | Stockholm | Agencies
“Now we know with chilling clarity that there were grounds for those concerns,” he said.
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Police officers at spot where suspected perpetrator of the attack was shot dead. Pic/AP
The killing of two Swedish citizens in an attack ahead of a soccer match in Brussels has shocked the Scandinavian country, although the government has been warning for months that Swedes were at greater risk since a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran holy book by a handful of anti-Islam activists.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday noted that the government and the security service in August had raised the terror alert to the second-highest level following threats against Sweden by Islamic extremists. “Now we know with chilling clarity that there were grounds for those concerns,” he said.
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