Leader of Swedish Populist Party Threatened With Decapitation by Internet Message Said to Be from ISIS

Leader of Swedish Populist Party Threatened With Decapitation by Internet Message Said to Be from ISIS
Jimmy Akesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats (R), attends the city of Stockholm's official ceremony for the victims of the recent terrorist attack on April 10, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. Michael Campanella/Getty Images
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Just days before Sweden’s fateful Sept. 9 election, the leader of Sweden’s leading populist, anti-EU party “SD” has been threatened with decapitation, along with his four-year-old son, unless he steps down immediately.

The letter bearing the ISIS flag, addressed to Sweden Democrat (SD) leader Jimmie Akesson, made its way across the internet, and it was unclear where it originated. It opens with the “Basmala” prayer, in Swedish, followed by a very chilling message that cuts through the internal Swedish PC dialectic with a voice that is anything but Swedish: