The 2011 Gothenburg terrorism plot was an alleged plot to commit a terrorist attack on a party celebrating the opening of the 2011 Gothenburg International Art Biennial in a Röda Sten Contemporary Art Space on September 10, 2011. According to the Aftonbladet and other newspapers, Swedish artist Lars Vilks was expected to attend the event.
Police evacuated 400 partygoers from the art gallery and arrested four men suspected of plotting the terror attack.
Legal proceedings
26-year-old Abdi Aziz Mahamud, a 26-year-old Somali citizen living in Sweden; Salar Sami Mahamood, 24; and Abdi Weli Mohamud, 26, both citizens of Sweden, were charged with planning to stab Vilks to death. All three were carrying knives while they were arrested. A fourth man arrested in the initial police raid was released.
All three suspects were acquitted by Swedish courts.