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Terrorism in Denmark

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368: 382: 253:- 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. 356:(PET) and police arrested around 20 people throughout Denmark 11 December 2019, 8 of which 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. 294:
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.
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Said Mansour was the first to be charged with the offence of inciting terrorism. Material produced by him has been found by several convicted terrorists worldwide. In 2014, he was sentenced again by the Fredriksberg court to four years in jail for publishing extremist islamist material thereby
218:- Danish police officers and Security Intelligence Service agents arrested eight, six of which 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. 277:. 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. 182:, the Danish Minister of Justice, called the plot "the most severe ever in Denmark" and said the group were planning one or more terrorist attacks against targets in Denmark. It was later claimed that they had planned on using bombs to attack the 31:) approved anti-terror legislation with the aim of preventing terrorism in Denmark and internationally. The new legislation aligned with the definitions of terrorism which were in use by the European Union and the United Nations. 176:
who played a role in the investigation and trial. Four men were charged with attempted terrorism, three of whom were convicted. According to Danish police, the group had been under investigation for quite a while.
308:- 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. 609: 109:. The blast and a resulting fire destroyed the office and killed 29-year-old Henrik Christensen. It has been presumed to be a political attack, but no one has been convicted. 342: 240:
upholds the deportation order. After the supreme court decision, Danish authorities negotiated with Morocco on a repatriation treaty. He was deported in January 2019.
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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
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in New York in 2001. The September 11 attacks led to strengthened laws in a number of areas. 31 May 2002 the parliament of Denmark (Danish:
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were three men convicted of attempted terrorism in Denmark in 2007–2008. Nine men were initially arrested by Danish police in the
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were arrested in May 2012 on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack and the elder was alleged to have undergone training by
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upholds the sentenced and strips Mansour of his Danish citizenship and issues a deportation order. In June 2016, the
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also suspected the man to take part in the planning of an assassination against the leader of the Iranian group
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Two victims and the perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded.
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on 5 September 2006, but most were later released without charges, including a
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refers to terrorist attacks carried out in Denmark or by people connected to
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or another unspecified target. The group was motivated by
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on charges of terrorism, in connection to the arrests in
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Index

Denmark
September 11 attacks
Folketing
1985 Copenhagen bombings
Copenhagen
Hezbollah
Northwest Orient Airlines
Arabs residing in Europe
Mohammed Abu Talb
1992 Copenhagen bombing
1992 Copenhagen bombing
Danish
International Socialists
Copenhagen
Denmark
Glostrup Terrorists Case
Danish
Glostrup
Bosnia
Mirsad Bektasevic
Vollsmose terrorist trial
Vollsmose terrorists
Vollsmose
Odense
police mole
Lene Espersen
Folketing
Jyllands-Posten
2005 cartoon controversy
City Hall Square

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