Sweden heightens terror alert after Koran burnings: Spy agency
Thursday, 17 August 2023 Sweden's intelligence agency heightened its terror alert level Thursday to four on a scale of five after angry reactions in the Muslim world to Koran burnings in Sweden made the country a "prioritised target".
Sweden raised its terrorism alert level yesterday one notch to the second-highest, following a recent string of public desecrations of the Koran in the Scandinavian country by a handful of anti-Islam activists, sparking angry demonstrations across Muslim countries. It has also stepped up border...
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says the Nordic country intends to "intensify" border controls due to a worsened security situation in the wake of several protests involving desecrations of the..
Thursday, 17 August 2023
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