Police swooped on a Swedish student’s flat this week after mistaking balloons celebrating her 21st birthday party as ... just thought it looked like the number ’12’ from outside,” Ericsson ...

Photo: Private After Sarah Ericsson hung up balloons in the shape of the number '21' for her birthday, her home was paid a visit by Swedish police who thought they stood for 'IS' and had been put up ...

Sarah Ericsson said she and her boyfriend, Fabian Akesson, had thrown a party during the weekend for her 21st birthday and there were balloons shaped like the number "21" in her window ...

Sarah Ericsson hung up the balloons in the shape of the number '21' for her birthday which resulted in her home in Karlskrona, Sweden, being visited by Swedish police who thought it stood for 'IS ...

"They asked me to take down the balloons to avoid further ... just thought it looked like the number '12' from outside." Now, Ms Ericsson said, her 21st birthday was one she will always remember.

Ericcson and Åkesson were not Islamic State extremists and the letters IS reported by a concerned passerby were in fact inflatable balloons in the shape of the number 21, the birthday Ericcson ...

Sarah Ericsson had her 21 birthday balloons in her window facing the world ... although everyone else just thought it looked like the number '12' from outside." The couple were asked to take ...

Sarah Ericsson hung up the balloons in the shape of the number '21' for her birthday which resulted in her home in Karlskrona, Sweden, being visited by Swedish police who thought it stood for 'IS ...