Pakistan: Norway increases security at embassy

This, after closing their embassy in Kabul due to "unspecified" threats.

A Norwegian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday that Norway’s embassy in Islamabad had increased security measures after receiving an unspecified threat over the weekend. “We have taken several extra security measures after receiving a threat over the weekend while the embassy was closed,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kristin Melsom told AFP.

The Islamabad mission remained open, however, she said, refusing to divulge the nature of the threat or what security measures had been taken.

Norwegian news agency NTB however reported that the embassy had received a letter on Saturday warning that it would be attacked within a few days. The increased security at its Islamabad mission came just over a week after Norway closed its embassy in Kabul after receiving a threat. That embassy remains closed to the public, Melsom said.

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