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– We have several Swedes left. Some are free, others are in different camps. We hope that some of them will return to Sweden and we are prepared to handle this together with other authorities, says Fredrik Hallström, SÄPO unit manager.
How many swedes that they are still fugitives in the region, or what they are doing, the Security Police does not want to respond.
Last year, the number of IS-related attacks in Syria and Iraq increased, and the pandemic, combined with the withdrawal of forces from several countries, is believed to have facilitated the movement of IS cells in the area, at the same time that made it difficult to obtain intelligence. of the area.
– It’s clear that things from the outside world affect our ability and we have the good image and it goes a bit up and down, but my image is that we have as good control as we should have connected those individuals, says Fredrik Hallström.
Almost half of the Swedes who joined the Islamic State are considered to have returned to Sweden. It is also said that a large number were killed, but that information is considered uncertain. In addition, several Swedish men are in custody and women and children in camps for IS supporters.
Last year, four women and several children returned to Sweden. In these cases, the Security Police work to assess whether people may constitute a threat, or have the will to commit various terrorist acts, evaluations that are carried out in each individual case but that the Security Police do not comment on.
The image Security Police What he has is that there are still many in Sweden who sympathize with the ideology of the terrorist group.
– We continue to believe that there is an image of the Islamic State and above all the life that one wants to live in the caliphate, and what is directly wrong in society. This very image that we must change, and we must change it by force and murder.
