(Reuters) Sweden’s police security service said on Tuesday it had detained five men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist crimes, after “international calls for attacks” that followed a Koran-burning protest in Stockholm.
The burning of a copy of the Koran in Stockholm by a far-right activist in January caused outrage in parts of the Muslim world and damaged Sweden’s bid to join NATO, after Turkey paused negotiations.
The five men were detained during coordinated raids in three cities on Tuesday morning. The suspects are believed to have international links to violent Islamist extremism, the security service said. It did not identify the suspects.
