List of terrorist incidents in Denmark

List of major incidents in Denmark where an organized group attempts an act of violence targeting innocents.


Date Type Dead Injured Location and description
22 July 1985 Terror bombing 1 28 1985 Copenhagen bombings - Main synagogue in Copenhagen and airline office hit by bomb placed by Hezbollah terrorists. While no people were injured in the attack on the synagogue, a second bomb placed by the same group destroyed the Copenhagen offices of the American Northwest Orient Airlines, killing one person and injuring 26.[1][2] Several Arabs residing in Europe, among them Mohammed Abu Talb, were later convicted for these and other attacks.
4 September 2007 Terror Plot 0 0 2007 Al Qaeda Plot in Copenhagen - armed Danish police officers and Security Intelligence Service agents arrest 8 Islamic militants with ties to Al Qaeda. 6 were released but 2 were convicted (21 Oct 2008) in court on terror charges and sentenced to 12 and 7 years in prison.[3][4]
29 December 2010 Shooting Plot 0 0 2010 Copenhagen terror plot - Security services in Denmark and Sweden thwart a terrorist plot against Jyllands-Posten, the publisher of the controversial cartoons of Muhammad in 2005. In several raids they detained five men, who are described as militant Islamists. Automatic weapons, together with ammunition and silencers, were seized by the police.[5]
14 February 2015 Shooting 2 (+1 perp.) 5 2015 Copenhagen shootings - 2 days of shooting attacks in Copenhagen beginning at a public event called "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression" at Krudttønden cultural centre. Two victims and the suspected perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded.[6]
13 January 2016 Explosive Plot 0 0 The Kundby case - The Kundby case was a 2016 plan to bomb 2 schools in Denmark, including a Jewish school in Copenhagen.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "27 Injured in 3 Terrorist Explosions in Copenhagen". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 22 July 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "30 års fængsel for terror i København" [Thirty years prison for terrorism in Copenhagen]. TV 2 (in Danish). Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2007/09/sec-070904-voa01.htm Denmark Says 8 Suspects Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot Linked to al-Qaida VOA News 04 Sep 2007
  4. ↑ http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/danmark/muhammedstriden-gjorde-danmark-til-terrormaal/a/161740/ Muhammedstriden gjorde Danmark til terrormål
  5. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-29/five-people-arrested-in-denmark-sweden-under-suspicion-of-terrorist-plot Police Arrest ‘Militant Islamists’ in Denmark Plot - 29 Dec 2010
  6. ↑ http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2015/02/16/144551.htm Gerningsmanden skød med gevær som bruges i forsvaret 16 Feb 2015
  7. ↑ press.com/news/global/europe/learning-the-fundamentals-muslim-wannabe-danish-teen-guilty-of-planning-jewish-school-bombing/2017/05/16/


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