Two teenagers convicted in Sweden of planning terror attacks

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2026-01-21
Stockholm (dpa) - A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to almost eight years in prison in Sweden for planning a terrorist attack on a cultural festival in Stockholm. The court said in a statement issued on Wednesday that it was convinced that the man intended to carry out an attack in the centre of the Swedish capital in mid 2025. Together with an accomplice, who was 17 years-old at the time of the offence, he was also convicted by the Stockholm......
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