Sweden: Police arrest 5 in anti-terror raids against Islamist suspects

Police in Sweden have arrested five people suspected of conspiracy to commit terrorist offences.

Raids were carried out in the towns of Eskiltuna and Strängnäs, west of Stockholm; and Linköping, south of the capital, on Tuesday morning, with the Swedish Security Service Sapo saying they undertook an intelligence-driven investigation ahead of the arrests. Authorities say those arrested have “international links to violent Islamist extremism.”