STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s security service, Sapo, will raise its assessment of the terrorist threat to the nation to the second highest level, daily Dagens Nyheter (DN) reported today, citing unnamed sources.
The threat level will be raised to Level 4 from 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, DN reported.
Sapo in a statement said it would hold a news conference regarding national security later today.
The security service did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Sweden and neighbouring Denmark have recently seen a string of protests in which copies of the Quran were burned or otherwise damaged by anti-Islam activists, prompting outrage in Muslim countries and fears of attacks at home.