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Sweden Security Briefs Teachers on IS, Radicalization of Young Muslims

© REUTERS / Anders Wiklund/TT News AgencyPolicemen stand outside a mosque in Uppsala January 2, 2015 as police tighten security around some of the country's main mosques
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The Swedish Security Service instructed some 200 teachers, providing them with information about the jihadists.

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MOSCOW, January 22 (Sputnik) — The Swedish Security Service (Sakerhetspolisen) held a meeting with some 200 teachers in the northern Swedish city of Umea, providing them with information about the Islamic State jihadist group and the spread of radical Islam among young people, local media reported Thursday.

In an interview with national broadcaster Sveriges Radio, one of the participants of the meeting said that the Security Service seems like it is trying to make teachers the law enforcement’s “eyes and ears” among young Muslims, a claim that was hastily denied by Security Service spokesman Fredrik Milder.

“There is absolutely no requirement to report [to the police] when it comes to this. One is free to have any opinion,” Milder told Sveriges Radio, clarifying that the aim of the meeting was to educate teachers and principals. The Security Service refrained from passing comment on whether similar meetings have been held or will take place in other Swedish cities.

Meanwhile, a Swedish national who recently returned home after fighting in Syria stated that more terrorist attacks such as the one on French magazine Charlie Hebdo would take place in Europe. "Those who play with fire will get burned," the man, who insisted on anonymity, said in an interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

According the Swedish Security Service’s latest estimates, up to 300 people, the most among Nordic countries, may have traveled from Sweden to support extremist groups such as the Islamic State. Some 80 Swedes have reportedly returned home after fighting in the Middle East.

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