How Terror Threatens to Transform Sweden Amid Calls for Unity
- Prime Minister appeals to opposition, calls for more security
- Attack may boost popularity of anti-immigration forces
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One of the world’s most generous refugee destinations is about to learn whether its worst peacetime attack will prove a tipping point in setting immigration policy.
For now, Swedes are making a vocal show of defending their open and inclusive society following Friday’s terrorist attack, which police say was probably carried out by an Uzbek man sympathetic toward Islamic State and whose residency application had been rejected.