Sweden to charge 18-year-old over Islamic State terror plot
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STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Prosecution Authority said on Nov 4 it intended to charge an 18-year-old man for planning a terrorist act in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group.
According to prosecutors, the planning took place between August 2024 and February 2025.
“We believe the purpose of the preparations was to induce serious fear in the population, in the name of the Islamic State. The criminal act could have seriously harmed Sweden,” Deputy Chief Prosecutor Henrik Olin said in a statement.
Prosecutors did not provide details of the plan but said the man was also suspected of “preparation for serious crimes under the act on flammable and explosive goods and training for terrorism”.
Prosecutors said they planned to file the charges on Nov 6 and that a press conference would be held the same day.
The young man will also be charged alongside a 17-year-old boy with attempted murder in Germany in August 2024.
Both of them are also suspected of “participation in a terrorist organisation”, according to the statement.
The man was arrested in Stockholm on Feb 11 and has been in custody since then. AFP
