Police: Sweden has 200 radical Islamists

[December 15, 2010]  STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A report by Sweden's security service says that about 200 people in the country are involved in radical Islamist networks that embrace violence, but they pose only a limited threat.

Security police say the networks present a threat to "groups and individuals" but not to the government and other key institutions.

The report -- asked for by the Swedish government in February -- was released on Wednesday, just four days after a suicide bomber killed himself and injured two people in Stockholm's busy shopping district.

It does not address Saturday's bombing.

Police say members of the Islamist networks are involved in activities to support and facilitate terrorism, primarily in other countries.

[Associated Press]

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