A Swedish court has sentenced a man to almost eight years for preparing a terrorist attack.

The Stockholm District Court has sentenced a 19-year-old man to seven years and 10 months in prison for plotting an attack on a cultural festival in the Swedish capital in 2025. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on January 21.

"A citizen of Syria and Sweden intended to carry out an attack in the Kungstradgarden area in central Stockholm in August 2025. The sentence includes charges of other crimes, including membership in a terrorist organization," the court said.

The authors of the material specify that the young man planned to carry out an attack on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS, a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation). The court noted that in preparation for the terrorist attack, the man conducted a thorough reconnaissance of the city, and also shot a film that was planned to be published after the attack.

In addition, the attacker was charged with preparing the murder of a man in Germany in 2024.

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At least ten people died as a result of the incident.

Last August, two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting at a party in Los Angeles. It was clarified that the incident occurred after the techno music festival Hard Summer.

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