(National-UAE) Sweden faces a rising threat from extremist groups because of radicalisation and financing by overseas terrorist groups, a report has said.
The report’s publication came as police in Sweden arrested two women on Monday, on suspicion of links to ISIS, after they flew back from Syria.
The 115-page report, called Boundless Extremism: A Study of Transnational Connections to Swedish Radical Environments, gives a warning that extremist groups in Sweden may be “strengthened” through their links with foreign countries because of shared tactical knowledge, ideologies and funding.
The study, which was written by the Swedish National Defence College on behalf of the Centre Against Violent Extremism, examined 19 terrorism cases and identified examples of terrorists communicating with foreign extremists and of them attending training camps abroad.
