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Amid Quran burnings, Sweden raises ‘terror’ threat

Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party burn a Swedish flag during a rally in Karachi to denounce Quran burnings [File: Fareed Khan/AP Photo]

Sweden’s security service, SAPO, has raised its assessment of the level of threat against Sweden to 4 on a scale of 5 amid mounting international tension over the burning of copies of the Quran at demonstrations in the Nordic country.

“The threat against Sweden has gradually changed and the threat of attacks from actors within violent Islamism has increased during the year,” the security service said in a statement.

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