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Lyssna: Employment Service Sercuirty: He wanted to hand along addresses where they could meet

An Islamic State member tried to recruit people inside an office of the Swedish Public Employment Service in Malmö last fall.

Daily newspaper Sydsvenskan reported Friday that one day last fall staff members at the office became aware that a man was approaching visitors and making sales pitches about the Islamic State.

"There were indications that there were attempts to recruit to a terrorist organization," Per-Ola Persson, head of security for the Employment Service, told Sydsvenskan.

The newspaper reported that the man had a Middle Eastern...