The Swedish authorities imposed a security cordon about 100 meters from the Israeli (French) embassy.
Israeli Channel 12 said that a suspicious object was found near the Israeli embassy in Sweden, adding that a hand grenade was thrown at the outer fence of the embassy building.
The channel added that the bomb did not explode and was dismantled.
For its part, Swedish police said that an object believed to be an explosive device was found outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday, and was destroyed by bomb experts.
The police added that embassy employees informed the police that this object had been found, which raised a high level of alert for law enforcement authorities.
A police spokesman told TV4 that the device was later detonated in a controlled manner.
The police refused to disclose any details about the nature of the object or how it arrived in the embassy area, and said that it had begun an investigation.
Stockholm Police said that forensic police went to the site to find potential evidence and obtain surveillance camera images in the area.
For its part, the Aftonbladet daily newspaper, citing unnamed sources, reported that the object was believed to be a hand grenade that was thrown over the embassy fence and landed near the building.
The authorities imposed a security cordon about 100 meters from the embassy.
For his part, the Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Zev Nevo Coleman, wrote on the “X” platform, saying, “Today we were subjected to an attempted attack on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm and its employees.” "Terrorism will not frighten us," he added.
Source: Agencies