Friday came news that Norway and Denmark pointed out that the next terrorist on a jihadist website. TV2 and NTB has previously announced that this should have been a French website, but Aftenposten sources suggest that this is not true.
However, it has been recently published a threat against Norway and Denmark on the website Al Platform Media, which is known for its close ties to the terrorist group IS.
PST immediately started work to verify the threat, but Monday morning they have no new information they want to go out with.
– There are no updates at this hour by hour, we’ll get the information when there is something new, says spokesperson Siv Alsén PST Aftenposten.
Friday called both PST and police in extra crew to clarify the threat.
– Reminds not about terrorist groups warnings
The current text is published by a private user, who says he has heard of “his brothers Denmark and Norway “that there will be a powerful attack in Norway and Denmark in the near future.
– There are many factors that may indicate that this should not be taken as a real, serious threat says Lars Aker Haug, author of Norwegian jihad .
He shows mainly that this resembles the way terrorist groups usually arrive for threats, either in form or content.
– That a single user says he has been hearing about an impending attack, does not resemble previous forms of threats. I’d be more worried if this came through more official channels, which directly from the IS manager or Al Qaeda own magazine. It is also unusual to schedule such an attack, when such threats often be made more generally, says Aker Haug.
The threat naming both Norway and Denmark as goals.
– Many sources confirm that warriors in Norway and Denmark, both supports Caliphate State (another name for terrorist grouping IS, journ. note.) and Al Qaeda will turn to shortly, writes the user on the jihadi forum.
– No examples of something similar
He also points out that there are no previous examples of a specific, major terrorist attack in the West have been notified in such a way in advance.
– I can not say for certain when it comes to the Middle East, but the West is no history in this type of warnings have been shown to demonstrate attacks that later has actually occurred. On the whole it is unusual to warn of terrorist attacks in advance, says Aker Haug.
He still believes it is appropriate for PST to allocate resources to clarify the threat.
– You can never know, especially when given media attention, it is natural for PST to enter and clarify what this really is, says Aker Haug.
– It may be the threat is not resolved
– We are in close dialogue with PST, and hope that they get checked the new information or out, said Kaare Sogn Stad beredsskapssjef in Police Directorate
PST will not say anything about when it may come new information about the threat and are aware that it can remain unverified.
– This type of threat is difficult, it may be that the not clarified, says Alsén. Nor was any clarification regarding the threat that hit Norway in summer, which led to general arming of police and increased security measures across the country.
Will increase Danish PST budgets
Also in Denmark has the alleged threat received attention. The Danish security service, PET, examined Friday threat, according to Danish media.
The Danish Social Democratic Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that she is ready to increase funding for security as a result of the threat situation, especially after attacks in Paris.
Also the Danish opposition have said that they doubt whether intelligence services have enough resources, despite the fact that these, like PST, has gained significant increased funding in recent years.
In Denmark especially Jyllands-Posten, which first printed the Muhammad kariktaturene in 2005, been subject to specific threats several times.
In 2012, four men sentenced to 12 years in prison for terrorist attempt against the newspaper, and in 2010 was newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard tried killed. Also chairman of Trykkefrihedsselskapet Lars Hedegaard, who has distinguished himself as a strong Islam critic, was tried killed in 2013.
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