Swedish police forces intervened and intercepted a package that they identified as an explosive Wednesday near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. According to Reuters and Israeli media sources, the package made it inside the embassy perimeter.
After identifying the package and verifying that it could indeed be a bomb, the police called their bomb squad to detonate the object in a controlled manner.
Ziv Nero Kulman, Israel's ambassador to Sweden, confirmed the media reports with a message on X (formerly Twitter). The ambassador clarified that the embassy was the target of an attack.
Today we were subject to an attempted attack against the Embassy of Israel in Stockholm and its employees. We thank the Swedish authorities for their swift response. We will not be intimidated by terror.
— Ziv Nevo Kulman 🇮🇱🎗️ (@zivnk) January 31, 2024
The ambassador thanked the Swedish authorities for their prompt response. No victims or material damage were reported, and the attack was ultimately thwarted. "We will not be intimidated by terror," the ambassador wrote to end his message.
It is not the first attack against Israel outside its borders. Antisemitic violence rose to historic levels in virtually the entire Western world after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Arrests of individuals from the Muslim community for plotted attacks and connection to Hamas have also increased in recent months in several European countries.
In Denmark and Germany, authorities arrested seven Hamas members who were planning to carry out a terrorist attack. In Spain, a minor was arrested for planning a large-scale bomb attack.
