A man in his 30s has been detained in Sweden accused of terror offences through aggravated arson in relation to a fire at a community centre in Malmö. The arrest is to do with a fire in Malmö on October 11th that was claimed by terror group Isis, but managed little more than to cause smoke damage to the building targeted and led to no injuries.

On the early hours of October 11th, two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the Malmö building which is used by Iraqi cultural association Aldorr.

The incident provoked little media attention both in Sweden and abroad, but in the immediate aftermath, Isis magazine al-Naba claimed the fire was started by “a warrior from the caliphate”, and that the centre was used by “infidels”, which in the context of their article was believed to mean Shia Muslims.

Read more: The Local Sweden