List of terrorist incidents in Denmark information
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This is a list of major incidents in Denmark where an organized group has attempted an act of violence targeting innocents. Dates in boldface are attacks that were carried out, dates without boldface are the date of arrest in plots that were not carried out.
Date
Type
Dead
Injured
Location and description
22 July 1985
Terror bombing
1
26
1985 Copenhagen bombings - Main synagogue in Copenhagen and airline office were hit by a 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.
16 March 1992
Terror bombing
1
0
1992 Copenhagen bombing - The office of International Socialists was hit by a bomb, and one person was killed. The attack is generally assumed to have been the work of far-right extremists, but the case remains unsolved.
5 September 2006
Attempted bomb plot
0
0
Vollsmose terrorist trial - nine people were arrested in Odense on 5 September 2006. Four were charged and three of them were convicted of attempted terrorism. They were motivated by Islamic extremism and planned on detonating bombs in one or more locations in Denmark. The Danish Minister of Justice called the terrorist plot the most severe in the history of Denmark.[3][4]
4 September 2007
Attempted bomb plot
0
0
2007 Al Qaeda Plot in Copenhagen - Danish police officers and Security Intelligence Service agents arrested eight, six of whom were released after questioning. The two remaining, described as Islamic militants with ties to Al Qaeda, were convicted in 2008 of planning terrorism with the use of bombs.[5][6]
29 December 2010
Attempted shooting plot
0
0
2010 Copenhagen terror plot - Security services in Denmark and Sweden thwarted a terrorist plot against Jyllands-Posten, the publisher of the controversial cartoons of Muhammad in 2005. In several raids, they detained five men, who were described as militant Islamists. Automatic weapons, together with ammunition and silencers, were seized by the police.[7]
May 2012
Attempted terror plot
0
0
Two Somali brothers residing in Denmark were arrested in May 2012 on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack and the elder was alleged to have undergone training by Al-Shabaab. In February 2013 they were charged with financing terrorism and terrorist training. The younger brother admitted to supporting Al-Shabaab in the district court. Upon appeal, both brothers were sentenced for attempted terrorist training in the appeals court.[8]
14 February 2015
Shooting
2 (+1 perp.)
5
2015 Copenhagen shootings - shooting attacks in Copenhagen beginning in the afternoon of 14 February at a public event called "Art, Blasphemy, and Freedom of Expression" at Krudttønden cultural centre, followed by another at the Great Synagogue just after midnight (i.e., 15 February), and finally the killing of the perpetrator in the early morning by police. Two victims and the perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded.[9]
13 January 2016
Attempted bomb plot
0
0
The Kundby case - a 2016 plan to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish school in Copenhagen. The girl, 15 years old at the time of her plan and a recent convert to Islam, was convicted in 2017.[10][11]
November 2016
Attempted bombs and knives plot
0
0
2016 Copenhagen terror plot - an attempted attack on Copenhagen with bombs and knives by two Syrian refugees (one living in Sweden, another in Germany) under the direction of Islamic State instructions.[12]
21 October 2018
Attempted assassination plot
0
0
Ringsted terror plot - A Norwegian-Iranian was arrested and suspected of having planned Iranian intelligence operations in Denmark. Both Norwegian PST and Danish PET also suspected the man to take part in the planning of an assassination against the leader of the Iranian group Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz. He was arrested in Gothenburg, Sweden on 21 October.[13]
11 December 2019
Attempted bomb and shooting plot
0
0
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) and police arrested around 20 people throughout Denmark, 8 of whom have been charged with attempted terrorism. They had bought bomb-making materials and tried (unsuccessfully) to acquire firearms. It is unknown if their target was in Denmark or abroad, but the motive was radical Islamist ideology.[14][15]
9 February 2021
Attempted bomb and shooting plot
0
0
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) and police arrested 13 people in Holbæk.
^"27 Injured in 3 Terrorist Explosions in Copenhagen". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 22 July 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^"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.
^"Udvist terrordømt fra Vollsmose: Han må blive i Danmark". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Vollsmosesagen: Civilagenten Lars fældede terrornetværk". DR News (in Danish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"12 og 7 års fængsel i terrorsag fra Glasvej". Berlingske (in Danish). 21 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Muhammedstriden gjorde Danmark til terrormål". vg.no (in Norwegian). 5 September 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Overblik: Her er Kundbysagen". Berlingske (in Danish). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^Journalist, Søren Astrup (2008-10-21). "Fakta: De danske terrorsager". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
^"Norsk-iraner pågrepet for drapsplan i Danmark – kaller dansk ambassadør hjem" (in Norwegian). vg.no. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^"Islamist terrorism suspects arrested in raids across Denmark". The Guardian. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"To kvinder og seks mænd sigtet for terrorplaner: Ville fremstille bomber og forsøgte at købe våben" (in Danish). DR News. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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