How long before Sweden jettisons the idea of freedom of expression and outlaws blasphemy against Islam altogether?
“Terror expert: Sweden a priority target,” translated from “Terrorexpert: Sverige en prioriterad måltavla,” Nyheter 24, April 4, 2023:
Five people have been arrested on suspicion of having planned a terrorist crime in Sweden. That the plans are linked to the protests after the Koran burning in January does not surprise terror expert Magnus Ranstorp. Sweden has become a priority target, he says.
Five people have been arrested in a coordinated operation by the police’s national task force in Eskilstuna, Linköping and Strängnäs. Those arrested are suspected of having planned a terrorist crime in Sweden.
“Five people is quite a lot, often it may have been two or three people, often also in one place, so it is quite unusual that there are many different cities,” says Magnus Ranstorp, researcher at the Norwegian Defense University.
The security police make the assessment that an attack was not immediately imminent. According to Säpo, the terror plans are linked to the protests after the far-right politician Rasmus Paludan’s high-profile Koran burning in January – and the crime is linked to the terrorist group IS.
Ranstorp emphasizes that it is an expected development as a result of a changed security situation that both he himself and the Security Police have previously warned about. Information that is spread online that the Swedish social service kidnaps Muslim children also plays a role.
“Previously, it was the case that Sweden was a legitimate, but not a priority target. But now we have become a priority target because of the Koran burnings and the LVU campaign. It has put Sweden on the map, above all the recent Koran burning,” he says.
Several reports that have mapped the radical Islamist environment show that it is spread out in various Swedish cities, from north to south, says Ranstorp.
“In the bigger cities, it’s not about many people, but they do exist and the Security Police have a good idea of who these people are. In Linköping and Eskilstuna above all, there are individuals there who have this violent orientation, who are interested in assassinations.
“But as I said, the Security Police have an iron grip on these environments, so it’s not surprising that they’ve intercepted something here.”
David M says
“In the bigger cities, it’s not about many people, but they do exist and the Security Police have a good idea of who these people are.” Not many radical Muslims in the big cities in Sweden? I find that hard to believe. Normal Muslims only need one thing to set them off anyway, such as the Quran burning to turn them radical in the blink of an eye.
Jesper says
NOTICE that in the dimmie country of Swedenstan, the media and police calls it “THE EASTERN RIOTS” ( “påskupploppet”.
(those damn christians again )
Jesper says
“How long before Sweden …. outlaws blasphemy against Islam altogether?”
Not very long, if it’s up to the native swedes…:
https://samnytt.se/ny-matning-majoritet-vill-forbjuda-koranbranning/
tim gallagher says
Those oh so peaceful Muslim scum at work again. This was so predictable. These knuckle draggers were bound to respond to the burning of that foul, evil book, the Koran, with attempts to murder people in a terrorist attack. What a violent and evil ideology islam is. Violence is the only way that Muslim knuckle draggers react to anything that displeases their twisted brains.
VictorMc says
Islam is the very curse of our earth.
What else is there to say?
OLD GUY says
Allowing the migration of this cult Islam was and is a major mistake.