In Istanbul, 15 people with connections to the terrorist group IS have been arrested since plans for attacks against, among other things, the Swedish and Dutch consulates were revealed, reports the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet. The arrests were made on Saturday. Christian and Jewish religious targets would also be attacked, according to the plans, which the Turkish police’s anti-terrorist unit reportedly revealed. The television channel TRT Haber and the news agency Anatolia, both state media, also have information about the arrests. Aftonbladet was the first Swedish media to report on the incident. The Foreign Ministry tells TV4 Nyheterna that they have taken note of the information: – We are in contact with our embassies in Turkey and are following up on the information, says Ellen Sundberg at the Foreign Ministry’s press service. A wave of anger has swept through the Muslim world since far-right provocateur Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January, and also in Copenhagen. Similar actions have also been carried out in the Netherlands. The Sunni Muslims’ highest institution of learning, al-Azhar University in Cairo, calls for a global boycott against products from Sweden and the Netherlands. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that as long as it is allowed to burn Korans in Sweden, Turkey will not approve the Swedish NATO application.
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Details: Planned attack against the Swedish consulate
