The assignment from IS was to murder at least ten police officers and other individuals at the Riksdag in Stockholm. Now, a German court has sentenced two men to prison for the terror plans.
Swedish politicsOne of the two men who are on trial in Germany for planning to carry out a terrorist attack on the parliament building in Stockholm admits that he had such plans, reports Ekot on Sveriges Radio.
Swedish politicsProvoked by the Koran burnings, the two men planned a terrorist attack on the Swedish Parliament. Now the trial against them is starting. The Koran burnings made many Muslims in Germany upset. But the anger was not as much directed towards Sweden as towards the Western world, says researcher Lars Wiegold.
Swedish politicsThe party leaders of the Riksdag have had a meeting today about the tomato attack against the Foreign Minister in the Riksdag last week. "I have discussed issues concerning security in the Riksdag with the party leaders today", says Speaker Andreas Norlén to TT.
Swedish politicsAfter the attack directed at the Foreign Minister during a debate in the parliament, the security work will be reviewed. There is always reason to be self-critical, says the parliament's security chief Niklas Åström, who still claims that the security is good in the parliament building.
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