Due to the increased danger to Israeli and Jewish institutions in the country, the terror alert level in Norway is being raised to the second highest level. From now on, level four out of five applies, warning of a ‘high’ terrorist threat in the Scandinavian country.
The domestic intelligence service PST decided to take this step as a result of the continued escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Norwegian police said on Tuesday.
As in other countries, Jewish and Israeli institutions such as synagogues and embassy buildings in Norway have long been more closely guarded by the police.
The police should be more visible
The increased terror alert level now means, among other things, that the police in general will be even more visible and that the officers deployed nationally will be armed.
More attention will also be paid to state actors who can use criminal networks to commit terrorist acts, Norwegian police chief Benedicte Bjørnland said.
She referred to recent shootings and explosions near the Israeli embassies in Stockholm, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark, where young gang criminals are suspected of carrying out these acts on behalf of Iran.
Source: Krone
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