From 1d ago 14.03 BST Hybrid attacks 'part of our new reality' like terrorism after 9/11, Danish justice minister warns Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent Denmark’s justice minister has compared the recent spate of hybrid attacks on Europe to 11 September 2001, saying that they have “become part of our new reality”. Peter Hummelgaard told a press conference: Just as the terrorist threat became part of our reality after 11 September, hybrid attacks have become part of our new reality. He added: “We are in a new reality in Denmark and in other countries, and we will find ourselves in such a situation again. This is what hybrid warfare is like.” It comes as countries including Denmark’s close Sweden pledged assistance in defending from drones. The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, who is also holding a press conference at the same time as the Danish one, said: “Knowingly or unknowingly, drone attacks are affecting Denmark’s ability to hold the EU summit on Wednesday.” Kristersson also said that alleged hybrid attacks on Poland, Estonia and Denmark could “just as likely have happened in Sweden, and could happen in Sweden.” The Swedish foreign minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, said the region now faced a “very serious security situation”, meaning it was vital to have “close relations with our neighbours”. Sweden has sent anti-drone equipment to Denmark. Swedish and Norwegian police will also work with Danish police during the summit. Denmark’s minister of emergency situations, Torsten Schack Pedersen, said that a bill is on its way to the Danish parliament, Folketing, relating to neutralisation of drones. Share Updated at 14.05 BST

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