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Islamic extremists are planning to bomb the Eurovision Song Contest venue in Sweden next month in protest at Israel taking part, it was claimed last night.

Undercover reporters from an Israeli news channel said they were told by guards at the biggest mosque in Malmo – the city hosting the event – that terrorists are plotting to attack the arena where the five-day contest will be held.

Posing as Muslim British tourists, the reporters claim the security guards warned them not to attend the event as it will 'explode'. 

One added: 'Don't go there, don't go there. They will blow it up.'

The Israeli TV channel, Keshet 12, reported the recorded conversation to organisers of the event as well as the Swedish police, who are now investigating.

Last night a Eurovision spokesman said the contest will still go ahead, with the 15,000-seat Malmo Arena featuring artists representing at least 37 countries.

Fans from across the world are expected to attend.

Pro-Palestinian activists have called on Eurovision to ban Israel over the war in Gaza, which has left over 32,000 dead according to Hamas, most of whom were women and children.

Eden Golan, 20, a Russian-Israeli singer, is due to represent Israel.

Eurovision previously banned Russia after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but is allowing Israel to compete this year despite Ms Golan's entry song sparking controversy even before the build-up to this year's competition started. 

Her song was initially called October Rain and aimed to give an Israeli perspective to the Hamas terror attack on October 7 which left nearly 1,200 dead.

But Eurovision demanded the lyrics be rewritten on the grounds that they explicitly referenced the massacre, which violated the competition's commitment to political neutrality.

The song had included the lines

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