STOCKHOLM: The Swedish intelligence company Sapo mentioned on Thursday (Oct 3) that Iran could have been concerned in explosions and gunfire round Israeli embassies in Sweden and Denmark this week.
In Denmark, police mentioned they arrested three Swedish nationals on Wednesday after two blasts, doubtless brought on by hand grenades, near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen.
On Tuesday, the Israeli embassy in Stockholm was focused in a capturing, in line with Swedish police.
Requested about reviews of hyperlinks to Iran, Fredrik Hallstrom, head of operations on the Sapo company, instructed a press convention that “there are some issues that might level in that route.”
“Partially because of the alternative of targets and modus operandi, however that’s an assumption relatively than pure information,” Hallstrom mentioned.
In Might, Sapo mentioned that Iran was recruiting members of Swedish legal gangs to commit “acts of violence” in opposition to Israeli and different pursuits in Sweden – a declare Iran denied.
Swedish broadcaster SVT on Wednesday reported that it had acquired info that the 2 newest embassy assaults had been ordered by the Swedish legal community Foxtrot – on the behest of Iran.
A Danish court docket on Thursday remanded two of the arrested Swedes – aged 16 and 19 – in custody for 27 days.
Copenhagen police mentioned that the third Swede, arrested close to the crime scene, had been launched.
