Police Mistake Birthday Balloons for ISIS Propaganda

A Swedish 21-year-old’s birthday celebration was interrupted by the police, who showed up because the birthday balloons they hang inside, right next to the window, looked like ISIS propaganda.

No, I am not kidding.

Here’s what the balloons looked like from the inside:

Hör Sarah Ericsson berätta om sina födelsedagsballonger som misstogs för terrorpropaganda här: http://t.co/INxlJdi9g3 pic.twitter.com/3MwvdnLWUj

— P4_Blekinge (@P4_Blekinge) February 24, 2015

21. As in how old Sarah Ericsson was turning. But flip those around, and to people outside the house, it looked an awful lot like “IS,” or the initials for the Islamic State.

According to The Local, three police officers came over to Ericsson’s house and explained why people were alarmed. Ericsson understood concerns and said, “Extremism should always be taken seriously, and we did take the balloons down immediately.”

[h/t BBC]
[image via @P4_Blekinge]

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