Interpol warns of possible Al-Qaeda attacks in US, Europe

LYON: Interpol said on Thursday it had received information from its office in Baghdad about possible Al-Qaeda attacks on US and European targets.

"We received information yesterday from the Interpol office in Baghdad about possible threats, especially in the US and Europe, due to orders given to Al-Qaeda cells by Al-Qaeda commanders," the global police agency said.

An Interpol spokesman said all 188 countries which are members of the agency had been informed of the possible threats.

On Saturday, Sweden's first-ever suicide bombing narrowly missed Christmas shoppers.

The Al-Qaeda-linked website Shumukh al-Islam named the bomber as Taymour Abdelwahab, reportedly born in Iraq, who became a Swedish citizen in 1992 but was radicalised while attending a university in Britain.