Task: Several attacks against the Israeli embassy stopped

Published 18 May 2024 at 07.02

Domestic. According to information given to TV4 Nyheterna, several planned attacks against Israel's embassy in Stockholm have been averted in the past week.

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On the night of that Friday, a suspected shooting in connection with the Israeli embassy at Östermalm in Stockholm. A 14-year-old boy was arrested nearby minutes after the shots.

According to information to TV4, the police are investigating two more cases that can be connected to the embassy, ​​from both Wednesday and Thursday.

The first the incident occurred on the night of Wednesday when the police stopped a taxi on its way to the embassy. The taxi had a gun-armed boy as a passenger.

Late on Thursday night, another teenager is said to have fled from the police who wanted to check him. He is said to have been caught later. The boy was not armed, but at the address there was a taxi booked to the embassy's address, according to several sources for TV4 Nyheterna.

The police are said to be investigating the events as averted attacks on the embassy.

The prosecutor does not want to confirm TV4 News' information.

The police continue with security measures and increased supervision of Israeli and Jewish interests throughout Sweden due to the current global situation. A number of operational measures, such as technical investigations and interrogations, are carried out.

– The police have increased the security-enhancing measures and supervision of Israeli and Jewish interests throughout Sweden since the war between Israel and Hamas started last autumn. The police authority cooperates closely with the Security Police and other authorities as well as representatives of Jewish communities, says Per Engström, head of command at the police, on the police's website.