Friday, March 18, 2016

Swedish connection to the Paris attacks – Aftonbladet

Terror. A 35-year-old with ties to Sweden is suspected of having been involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris.

– this appears to be an individual belonging to the inner circle, said terror expert Magnus Ranstorp.

Belgian prosecutor’s office said on Friday that they believe the 35-year-old under a false name transferred the money to a woman who was killed along with other suspected terrorists in Paris. The man has since been called for.

35-year-old killed in a crackdown outside Brussels on Tuesday and found in the apartment including fingerprints from Salah Abdeslam, who is the main suspect behind the terrorist attacks in Paris. The marks from the raid led to the Abdeslam could be arrested along with another person at a police raid of the Brussels district of Molenbeek on Friday. After his arrest he was taken to hospital, shot in the knee, according to the newspaper Le Soir.

Not investigated in Sweden

Documents television channel Sky News received from a source in the Islamic State (IS) indicates that 35-year-old has been living in Sweden. Name and date of birth as the Belgian authorities come out with true of a man who lived in the Stockholm area, which Swedish authorities looked for without success.

the man has been convicted of a series of minor offenses, including several thefts and to have carried a knife at an IKEA store, but he has not been suspected in some Swedish terror investigation .

– We are watching all the time on people who are current in France and Belgium and the names circulated. As soon as we have enough, we start a preliminary investigation. But we have not had any preliminary investigations against this person or people close to him, said Hans Ihrman, deputy chief prosecutor at the National Unit for safety.

No investigative measures in the Paris case has been made in Sweden.

– If a Belgian or French prosecutors need any operation carried out in Sweden, which is to secure the evidence, it lands on our table. But we have not received any requests for legal assistance from either France or Belgium, says Hans Ihrman.

Security Service does not comment

Security Service does not comment if you knew the 35-year-old already. Nor links with Abdeslam.

– It changes nothing for the Security Police . It is a preliminary investigation conducted by Belgium and France, said Sapo’s press secretary Frederick Milder.

What contacts it has with the Belgian and French security services do not state security service.

– we go out very often how we work with our international partners, says Fredrik Milder.

” Belongs to the inner circle “

If the 35-year-old links with Abdeslam says terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp, a professor at the National Defence College:

– this appears to be an individual belonging to the inner circle.

the hunt for Abdeslam and 35-year-old has been intense after terrorists struck the café visitors in central Paris, a rock concert at the Bataclan Theatre and also the area around Stade de France, where France also met Germany in a football international. 130 people died.

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