Swedish police have arrested three people outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on suspicion of preparing to commit violent crime.
The trio were apprehended near the Israeli embassy at around 3pm today.
The group are suspected of planning to attack the embassy, in accordance with unnamed sources cited by Swedish broadcaster TV4.
A spokesperson for the police force Susanna Rinaldo, said: ‘We’re unable to comment on the potential motive.’
Rinaldo confirmed the arrests weren’t made contained in the compound itself, adding the suspects will now be interrogated.
It is believed the arrested are two women and a person, in accordance with Sweden Herald citing the Prosecution Authority.
The country’s police force stepped up security across the Israeli embassies after a series of threats.
Shots were fired at Stockholm’s embassy in October last yr, but no person was injured.
Two explosions were reported just over a day later near the Israeli embassy in central Copenhagen.
A pair of Swedish teenagers, aged 16 and 19, were arrested and charged with possessing hand grenades and detonating them near the embassy.
Yesterday German police arrested a youngster on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin.
The 18-year-old Russian national appeared in a Brandenburg court today and was remanded in custody.
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