Suspicious letters to newspaper editorial harmless – Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

Suspicious letters to newspaper editorial harmless – Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

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.

Örebro Police cordoned off the room where the letter was Bomb Group from Stockholm called to the scene.

– It feels good that police are taking this seriously, said Katrin Säfström, newspaper boss, to NA.

P4 Orebro say that nothing dangerous must have been in the letter, according bomb group, which examined the consignment with an X-ray machine.

– This message contains paper and something coins. It is a letter to Lars Vilks and a money order for him to be able to answer probably says Jörgen Westlin the police to NA.

The letter should have been sent from Hannover, Germany.

– 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.

Vilks was in place as a speaker at a meeting on freedom of expression in the arts center Krudttønden in Denmark when the attack occurred.

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 in publishing the image. Read more about it here.

Is there a greater threat against this magazine?

– There is an old link between the images that the newspaper chose to publish, which is not everyone likes, so I can tell, says Mats Nylén, Communications in the region Bergsslagen.

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.

Lars Vilks currently lives in an unknown location. It is unclear when he has the opportunity to come out in public unit again.

– The first step is of course to get out. I have the right great need to physically touch me, and when it passed a few days here will of course it needs to be stronger, says he said.

According to Vilks will seminar, which was subjected to terrorist attack resumed at Danmarks Radio during Thursday. He himself will also participate this time, but over the phone.

– We’ll discuss the events that come up now. Those attending must process their experiences and talk about how they perceived the situation.

Learn more about the controversial artist Lars Vilks here.