DHAKA: Norway has taken exceptional security measures after being informed of a possible imminent ‘terrorist attack’ by militants who have fought in Syria.

The country’s intelligence chief said Thursday, reports The Straits Times.

The move comes as concerns are mounting in Europe about the growing national security threat posed by jihadists returning from war-torn Syria.

The domestic intelligence service (PST) ‘recently received information that a group of extremists from Syria may be planning a terrorist attack in Norway’, said PST chief Benedicte Bjoernland, adding it could be a question of days.

The threat is ‘non-specific’ but ‘credible’, said Bjoernland. Neither the eventual target, nor the identities of the militants, nor their location are known, she added.

BDST: 1629 HRS, JUL 24, 2014