Iraqi security services have warned Sapo – Göteborgs-Posten

IS-men planning to strike at civilian targets in the capital, according to Expressen. Although it does not increase terrorhotsnivån. – The information that has come to us and we work with do not affect terrorhotsnivån. It is the terrorhotsbedömning made by the Security Service, together with the National Centre for terrorhotsbedömning (NCT), said Sirpa Franzen, press officer at the Swedish Security Service.

Data from Express comes shortly after an alarm has been received that the security Service received information about a new terrorist threat against Sweden.

According to Expressen, the security Service received information from the Iraqi security forces. It should move about seven to eight IS terrorists who entered Sweden to commit terrorist acts in Stockholm. IS terrorists plan to strike at civilian targets in the capital, according to the newspaper’s sources.

Because of the threat, the national operations department, Noah, and Stockholm police declared heightened alertness. On Sapo one is reticent about what the information is about, but it confirms that the case of a threat and that it is taken seriously.
– I can confirm is that we work intensified to assess the information that has come to us, says Simon Bynert, the press officer at the Swedish Security Service press office to GC.

During the night of Tuesday came the first reports of the Security Service entered the staff position after a terrorist threat against Sweden.

the information has been due to its nature as yet not been dismissed under SAPO. The information is deemed to be a “special event” of the Security Service, the National Operations Department Noah and the Stockholm Region.

According to Expressen be SAPO have traveled to Iraq on Monday to try to obtain more information on the location of the planned terrorist attack. The Iraqi security services should contact the Security Service to warn that a terrorist attack could be imminent in Stockholm. Seven to eight people will have already managed to get into Sweden, people are described as IS-terrorists. It is “soft” civilian, targets that will be at the planned terrorist attack and the data should be taken “extremely seriously in the Security Police,” reports Express. The information is assessed according to the newspaper’s source unusual.

Security Service, however, has so far not raised terrorhotnivån in Sweden, but is still on the same elevated level as before.

– The information that has come to us and we work with does not affect terrorhotsnivån. It is the terrorhotsbedömning made by the Security Service, together with the National Centre for terrorhotsbedömning (NCT), said Sirpa Franzen, press officer at the Swedish Security Service.

The NCT is a permanent working group of staff from the Security Police, the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) and military intelligence and security Service (mUST) that make strategic terrorhotsbedömningar.

According to Expressen data should the threat be limited to Stockholm, but the security Service would not comment on whether the authority has declared staff position due information that the magazine has noted. SAPO would not comment on when the information was added or if a specific person is suspected or charged in his absence, the newspaper reported.

“We would refer to SAPO for any comment,” writes Rasmus Lenefors, press Secretary to the Minister Anders Ygeman in a text message to the GC.

When the GP spoke with Security Service in November told me that there is a risk of attacks in Sweden.

– There is a risk of attacks in Sweden, our most important job is to make sure it does not happen, says Sirpa Franzen, press officer of the Security Service to the GC.

text updated.