Five people have been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack in Sweden, with links to “”, the intelligence services of this Scandinavian country (Säpo) reported on Tuesday.extremism“.
The arrests occurred on Monday three different locations In an action attended by National Police forces and a large number of houses were searched.
“The present case is one of many that the secret services are working on in connection with the protests against Sweden. The famous burning of the Qur’an in January“, Säpo said in a statement, not believing that a hypothetical attack is “imminent.”
Danish-Swedish far-right Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Protests in various Muslim countries and that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paralyzed NATO membership talks with Sweden and Finland.
Sweden and Finland’s entry into the Alliance was motivated by Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, and which ends two centuries of military discordIt was approved at the summit held in Madrid last June, after Turkey lifted its veto at the last minute in exchange for certain conditions in an agreement.
parliaments Türkiye and HungaryThe last two NATO member states, which have not yet done so, gave the green light last week to Finland, which is now officially part of the Alliance but remains suspicious of Stockholm.
Hungary blames Sweden “hostile” attitudeTürkiye, on the other hand, thinks that it has not done enough in the fight against terrorism of Kurdish origin.
The Swedish Government has declared several times that it complies with the memorandum agreed in Madrid. new anti-terrorism law He said that it will be approved by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 1 June and that he does not intend to take additional measures.
Stockholm hopes to formalize its entry into the European Union. next NATO summit In Vilnius in July.