Something that they have in common, Muslim jihadis.
Syria: ‘most dangerous’ Isis leaders Scandinavian
Syria’s President made the claims in a video interview in English with Sweden’s tabloid newspaper Expressen.
“As long as we have terrorism growing in different European countries, Sweden cannot be safe,” he said when asked about rising numbers of Scandinavians travelling to and from the middle east to fight alongside Isis and other extremist groups.
“The most dangerous leaders of Isis in our region are Scandinavian…that’s what we have as information,” he said.
“Terrorism is not a domestic issue, it’s not even regional, it’s global,” the President also noted.
The Expressen interview was published days after Sweden’s Security Service (Säpo) told The Local there was “very little” it can do to stop people travelling to Syria to join al-Qaeda inspired groups, as EU officials estimated up to 6000 people from across Europe have now fought in the war-torn nation.
Säpo confirmed to The Local that at least 150 Swedish residents were known to have been to Syria or Iraq to fight for Isis or other extremist groups, with intelligence suggesting that at least 35 had died in the process.