US EditionSwedish Prosecutor Charges Man over Planned Islamic State Attack in Stockholm
The 18-year-old suspect pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and planned the attack during a festival attracting 2 million visitors, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, Swedish prosecutors charged an 18-year-old Syrian-Swedish dual national with planning a suicide bomb attack at the Stockholm Culture Festival on behalf of the Islamic State, which drew 2 million visitors over five days in August.
- Between August 2024 and February 2025, prosecutors say the self-radicalised suspect with Islamist sympathies was tracked by investigators from the latter half of 2024, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Henrik Olin said.
- Police say an undercover agent coaxed the suspect, who reconnoitered locations, studied bomb-making, purchased bomb-making materials and a body camera to record the attack.
- The suspect was arrested in Stockholm on February 11th and remains in custody; prosecutor Carl Mellberg said `There was a clear will to commit an attack...` and he denies the charges, with trial starting on Tuesday next week.
- Prosecutors say the Islamic State is attempting a comeback and both suspects face participation in a terrorist organisation charge, while Deputy Chief Prosecutor Henrik Olin said it prevented a serious attack.
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Teen Charged Over Stockholm Terror Plot
An 18-year-old man has been charged in Sweden for planning a terrorist attack on a cultural festival in Stockholm in the name of the Islamic State. Prosecutors say he studied how to make explosives, bought materials and a body camera and scouted the attack site. Authorities believe the arrest in February prevented a major attack. The suspect, who had repeatedly sworn allegiance to IS, will go on trial next week alongside a 17-year-old also accus…
The 18-year-old's activities were monitored in the second half of 2024 and he was arrested in February 2025 - He was planning to hit the Stockholm Cultural Festival which attracts 2 million visitors in August
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UpstractSwedish prosecutor charges man over planned Islamic State attack in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM - Swedish prosecutors on Thursday charged a Syrian-Swedish dual national captured in an undercover sting operation with planning a suicide bomb attack on a crowded Stockholm culture festival, on behalf of the Islamic State militant group. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office filed charges of terrorism against a young Islamic State sympathizer (IS) on Thursday for planning a...
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