(Reuters) Sweden’s SAPO security service lowered its national terrorist threat warning on Friday back to the “elevated” level assessed before 2023, when it was raised in the wake of a spate of Koran burnings.
SAPO had raised the threat level to “high,” the second highest level, after several high-profile cases in which anti-Islam activists based in Sweden burned copies of the holy book, outraging Muslims in several countries.
SAPO said that after a period during which Sweden was singled out as a specific target in militant propaganda, it was now increasingly being treated as a part of the West more generally.
