Swedish court convicts one man of IS membership, acquits three

(Reuters) A Swedish appeals court on Thursday found one man guilty of being a member of a terrorism organisation for swearing loyalty to the Islamic State, upholding the verdict of a lower court, while the conviction[s] of three others were overturned.

Sweden’s security services arrested the men last year and prosecutors later charged them with being members of a terrorism organisation between September 2023 and March 2024.

But the Svea Appeals Court said in a statement on Thursday it does not consider it proven that the three now acquitted acted on behalf of the Islamic State militant group.

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