During the morning on Wednesday took the NA’s editorial board received a letter addressed to the artist Lars Vilks / co Nerike Allehanda, the newspaper said.
NA indicates that Örebro Police cordoned off the room where the letter is and the bomb group from Stockholm has been called to the scene.
– We know, of course not what this letter contains, but it feels good that the police are taking this seriously, says Katrin Säfström, newspaper boss, to NA.
The letter should contain some type of hard object and should be sent from Hannover in Germany. Therefore, although the German police have been informed.
– We are very mindful of this type of mail after what has happened in recent months. It is clear that there is a bit disturbing and quite unpleasant, says Katrin Säfström in a web TV clips on NA.
After the attack on Krudttønden in Denmark on Saturday, Lars Vilks been at a secret location. Vilks was in place as a speaker at a meeting on freedom of expression in the arts center when the attack took place.
Nerike Allehanda has been threatened in autumn 2007 following the publication of Lars Vilks’ roundabout dog image depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The newspaper was not alone with publishing the image. Read more about it here.
– We acted on parxis and made an initial assessment of the situation and decided to call in reinforcements from Stockholm, says Mats Nylén, Communications in the region Bergsslagen.
Is there a greater Threat against this magazine?
– There is an old link between the images that the newspaper chose to publish, as not everyone likes, so I can say, say Nylén.
Have the newspaper received higher security priority after the events in Denmark and France, given that the newspaper has been subjected to threats before?
– It does not want to say anything about. But the Swedish police have publicly spoken about the safety of media houses and newspaper offices in view of what has happened. These are facts.
Bomb Group is expected to arrive at 16 o’clock. SvD continue to follow developments.
Learn more about the controversial artist Lars Vilks here.
The text is updated.
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