Swedish authorities said on Friday they have upgraded the classification of an investigation into an object found at the Israeli embassy on Wednesday in Stockholm to a terrorist crime.
The country’s Police Authority said they found what was described as a “dangerous object” at the embassy but has released few details. Since then, the investigation has been taken over by Sweden’s national Security Police, according to a translated statement.
“The prosecutor has decided that the criminal classification for the suspected crime is changed to terrorist crime through a grossly illegal threat and attempts to cause public destruction,” Security Police said in a statement.
“Due to the confidentiality of the preliminary investigation, the Security Police and the preliminary investigation manager are currently unable to comment further on the case.”
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called the situation “very serious” as the local bomb squad was called out to destroy the object outside of the embassy.
“Today we were subject to an attempted attack against the Embassy of Israel in Stockholm and its employees,” Ziv Nevo Kulman, Israel’s ambassador to Sweden, said on X. “We thank the Swedish authorities for their swift response. We will not be intimidated by terror.”
Police started an investigation that included the examination of local security cameras in the area to find out who placed the object outside of the embassy.
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