The concern that IS will take revenge actions after the death of leader al-Baghdadi does not mean that the terror threat assessment in Sweden will change.

- It is not currently affected by individual events such as this one, but remains at an elevated level, says Security Police Press Secretary Gabriel Wernstedt.

"Elevated level" is number three on the five-degree scale. There, the terror threat level has been for almost ten years, except for a few months in 2015 and 2016 when it was raised to "high", the second highest level.

- There is a weighing of intelligence information that we continuously collect and events that occur in our world. Together, they form an important basis that is continuously analyzed and determines the terror threat assessment.

Security police press secretary Gabriel Wernstedt says that the terror threat assessment in Sweden does not change after the death of IS leader al-Baghdadi. Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT, Pressbild The Security Police

The issue is handled by the National Center for Terror Threat Assessment (NCT), a permanent working group that includes personnel from the Security Police, the Swedish Defense Radio Agency (FRA) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (Must). Thereafter, decisions on the level of terrorist threat are made by the security police chief. The police department is responsible for the safety of streets and squares.

Readiness is being increased in more countries

In the UK, surveillance of high-priority IS suspects is increasing, according to Sky News sources. France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Sunday called on French police to be more vigilant in preventing any revenge attacks from IS, Reuters writes.

In the Philippines, the Armed Forces (AFP) announced on Monday that state troops will continue to have high readiness to "hinder possible attempts to continue development," writes GMA News.

"We expect his death to have a negative impact on terrorist leadership in different parts of the world," said Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo, spokesman for AFP.

Michael Krona at Malmö University has done research on the terror sector, saying that in the long term we can definitely expect more attacks from IS.

- It should be remembered that there are continuous attacks in Iraq and Syria all the time, every day. However, up against Europe, where I think IS still needs a number of months to build up that infrastructure with cells and the like to be able to carry out attacks like Paris, ”says Krona.