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Hotel Jørgensen bombing | |
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Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Date | Friday 10 September 2010 1:23 p.m. ( UTC+1) |
Attack type | Bombing, terrorism, accident |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 1 (the bomber) |
Perpetrator | Lors Doukaiev [1] ( Chechnyan- Belgian) [2] |
The explosion at Hotel Jørgensen was a minor explosion inside of the discount hostel of the same name in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The explosion happened at 1:23 pm on 10 September 2010. No fatalities were recorded. [3] The only injured person was the one-legged Chechnyan- Belgian [2] bomber Lors Doukaiev, who was caught in a nearby park, Ørstedsparken, following the explosion, but only identified several days later. [4]
Doukaiev has been confirmed by the German security agency Verfassungsschutz to have maintained close contacts with Islamic extremists in the German city of Bremen. [5]
Considering that the bomber bought a bus ticket to Belgium with departure from Denmark on 10 September, [6] and he was seen at a post office buying a small box used for mailing CDs, as well as a roll of tape, [6] it is believed that it was not meant to be a suicide attack against the hostel, but rather an accident while making a letter bomb, which happened as a consequence of Doukaiev's use of a highly volatile explosive substance.
Lors Doukaiev was also seen in a video game shop, buying a game whose case he could have intended to use as a container for the bomb. [7]
The Danish police revealed a hypothesis regarding the purpose of the bomb. According to the police hypothesis, Lors Doukaiev constructed a letter bomb, which was meant to explode upon opening. The bomb would have the same effect as a fragmentation grenade. [7] It is speculated, that Jyllands-Posten in Århus would have been the target of said letter bomb. [7]
Despite Lors Doukaiev's continued claims of innocence, a unanimous panel of judges found him guilty of attempted terrorism, [8] and on 31 May 2011 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. [9] In April 2013, he was extradited to Belgium. [10]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
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Hotel Jørgensen bombing | |
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Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Date | Friday 10 September 2010 1:23 p.m. ( UTC+1) |
Attack type | Bombing, terrorism, accident |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 1 (the bomber) |
Perpetrator | Lors Doukaiev [1] ( Chechnyan- Belgian) [2] |
The explosion at Hotel Jørgensen was a minor explosion inside of the discount hostel of the same name in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The explosion happened at 1:23 pm on 10 September 2010. No fatalities were recorded. [3] The only injured person was the one-legged Chechnyan- Belgian [2] bomber Lors Doukaiev, who was caught in a nearby park, Ørstedsparken, following the explosion, but only identified several days later. [4]
Doukaiev has been confirmed by the German security agency Verfassungsschutz to have maintained close contacts with Islamic extremists in the German city of Bremen. [5]
Considering that the bomber bought a bus ticket to Belgium with departure from Denmark on 10 September, [6] and he was seen at a post office buying a small box used for mailing CDs, as well as a roll of tape, [6] it is believed that it was not meant to be a suicide attack against the hostel, but rather an accident while making a letter bomb, which happened as a consequence of Doukaiev's use of a highly volatile explosive substance.
Lors Doukaiev was also seen in a video game shop, buying a game whose case he could have intended to use as a container for the bomb. [7]
The Danish police revealed a hypothesis regarding the purpose of the bomb. According to the police hypothesis, Lors Doukaiev constructed a letter bomb, which was meant to explode upon opening. The bomb would have the same effect as a fragmentation grenade. [7] It is speculated, that Jyllands-Posten in Århus would have been the target of said letter bomb. [7]
Despite Lors Doukaiev's continued claims of innocence, a unanimous panel of judges found him guilty of attempted terrorism, [8] and on 31 May 2011 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. [9] In April 2013, he was extradited to Belgium. [10]