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April 7, 1971: Two men murder Yugoslav ambassador in Sweden

On April 7, 1971 two men took the Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden hostage and soon killed him as police moved in.

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October 22, 2015: Sword-wielding terrorist attacks in Sweden

On October 22, 2015 a neo-Nazi armed with a sword killed a pupil and a teacher at a school in the Swedish town of Trollhattan.

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Who would kill over a cartoon? Jihadis, that’s who

Terrorists are not known for their embrace of free speech. Their view of the world allows for absolutely no diversion from what they have decided is right…and wrong.

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April 24, 1975 | Hostage Crisis in Sweden

Members of the German Baader Meinhof terrorist group stormed the German Embassy in Sweden in an attempt to get Germany to free incarcerated members.

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April 7, 2017 | Truck attack in Stockholm

On this day in 2017 a man drove a stolen beer truck into a crowd of people in a popular shopping district in Stockholm, killing four people.

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Today in Terrorism: 11 November 2016

On Remembrance Day in 2016, some neo-Nazis decided to bomb a leftist centre in Gothenburg Sweden.