Swedish far-right leader receives death threat: party

(AFP) The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) on Friday said their leader Jimmie Akesson has received a letter with a death threat as the party is on course to win record support in Sunday’s legislative election.

“We hope that this threat is not real,” party spokesman Oskar Cavalli-Bjorkman told AFP, adding they’re awaiting the Swedish security and intelligence service Sapo’s assessment.

A copy of the threat letter, with the Islamic State group’s flag at the top, was published by Swedish media.

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