(Stockholm) The head of the Swedish security service (SAPO) Anders Thornberg has stated that the number of people in Sweden with extremist Islamic views has grown from a couple of hundreds to several thousands in just a few years:
"We have never seen anything like it before" and propaganda from the Islamic State group is a key factor.Thornberg told Sweden's news agency TT that SAPO now gets about 6,000 pieces of intelligence every month, up from 2,000 five years ago.
Sharp Rise in Violent Islamist Extremists in Sweden After Migrant Influx https://t.co/7D4gLF8K1D pic.twitter.com/MB4bRm0yR4— Voice of Europe (@V_of_Europe) June 16, 2017