Police detonate object found outside Israeli embassy in Sweden

The device was later detonated in a controlled manner, a police spokesperson told the broadcaster TV4. "We will not be intimidated by terror," Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, wrote on X. The embassy building was cordoned off at a distance of about 100 metres (yards).

An object believed to be an explosive device was found outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday and destroyed by the national bomb squad, Swedish police said.

Embassy staff had notified police of the object, triggering a large response from law enforcement, police said. The device was later detonated in a controlled manner, a police spokesperson told the broadcaster TV4.

"We will not be intimidated by terror," Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, wrote on X. Police declined to give any detail on the nature of the object, or of how it had got into the embassy grounds, and said they had launched an investigation.

The object was believed to be a hand grenade that was thrown over the embassy fence, landing close to the building, daily Aftonbladet reported, citing unnamed sources. The embassy building was cordoned off at a distance of about 100 metres (yards).