2016 Copenhagen terror plot
The 2016 Copenhagen terror plot was foiled in November 2016 when a Syrian refugee Dieab K. tried to enter Denmark, but was refused entry and sent back to Germany where he was apprehended and found to be carrying bomb making materials and knives.
The perpetrators
21-year-old Syrian refugee Dieab K.
Dieab K. arrived in Germany in the summer of 2015 as a refugee from Syria. After his arrival he became radicalized and studied material from the
After being refused entry into Denmark, his backpack was confiscated by the authorities and he continued by train to the refugee shelter in Biberach, where he was shortly thereafter apprehended. Police found farewell letters in both handwritten and electronic forms among his belongings.[3]
30-year-old Syrian asylum seeker
Prior to arriving in Europe, he had fought in the
Trials
In July 2017, Dieab K. was sentenced to six years in jail by the Ravensburger
In April 2019 the 30-year-old, now 32, was sentenced by Københavns Byret for having brought bomb making materials on a trip from Sweden in cooperation with the 21-year-old.[6]
According to bomb disposal experts, the blast range of the device planned could have injured people up to 50 meters away.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b dpa (2017-07-12). "Ravensburg: Anschlagspläne in Dänemark: Landgericht Ravensburg verurteilt Flüchtling zu über sechs Jahren Haft". Südkurier (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ a b c Journalist, Søren Astrup (2008-10-21). "Fakta: De danske terrorsager". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ a b Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Flüchtling verurteilt in Ravensburg: Mehr als sechs Jahre Haft für Terrorpläne". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tiltalt for terrorplaner i København har kæmpet i Syrien". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Täter zu „100 Prozent IS-gefärbt"". www.wochenblatt-online.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ a b "Syrer dømt skyldig i terrorplaner i sagen med de 17.460 tændstikker". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.