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Illustrative: Danish soldiers guard the synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX DENMARK / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
November 27, 2017, 11:19 pm
Denmark extends jail term for teen who planned to attack Jewish school
Now 17, Islamic State sympathizer, turned in by her parents, stabbed an educator in the stomach since being jailed
By AFP
A Danish and an Israeli flag seen among flowers and candles honoring the victims of a shooting attack outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015. (AFP/Odd Andersen)
May 18, 2017, 7:43 pm
Danish teen gets six years in jail for plot to bomb Jewish school
Would-be jihadist tried to contact IS group, planned to blow up two Copenhagen schools - one Jewish
By AFP
A woman and a man wearing the danish flag stand outside the main Synagogue in Copenhagen on February 15, 2015 following two fatal attacks in the Danish capital, a month after the Paris attacks. (photo credit: AFP/Claus Bjorn Larsen)
May 16, 2017, 4:48 pm
Denmark convicts jihadist teen over plot to bomb Jewish school
Muslim convert and Islamic State sympathizer, 17, could face life imprisonment for 'attempting a terrorist act' against 2 institutions
By AFP
People hold candles during a memorial service for those killed by a gunman in Copenhagen, February 16, 2015 (Photo credit: Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix Denmark/AFP)
May 12, 2017, 3:50 am
Danish teen charged in plot to bomb Jewish school said inspired by synagogue killer
Girl, who has not been named, adopted Omar El-Hussein's last name on several occasions because she thought he was 'tough'
By JTA
A Danish and an Israeli flag seen among flowers and candles honoring the victims of a shooting attack outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015. (AFP/Odd Andersen)
April 19, 2017, 6:12 pm
Trial starts for Danish girl planning bomb attack against Jewish school
17-year-old arrested last January for plotting terrorist act in Copenhagen, another institute west of city
By AP
Flemming Rose, author and ex-editor of the Danish daily newspaper Jyllands Posten, in March 2015 (AFP/Scanpix Denmark/Mathias Bojesen)
October 28, 2016, 6:22 pm
Danish editor behind Mohammed cartoons: Newspaper ‘let jihadists win’
Flemming Rose says paper that published illustrations, leading to Muslim riots around the world, did everything it could to silence him
By AFP
This picture taken in 2016 shows Sherin Khankan of Denmarka, the female-led mosque posing for a photo in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AFP/Betina Garcia)
October 26, 2016, 12:31 pm
Denmark’s feminist mosque founder challenges norms
Scandinavia's first female-led house of Islamic worship, where Friday prayers are for women only, is riling conservatives
By Soren Billing
A square in Copenhagen, Denmark, file photo (CC-BY Furya/Wikimedia Commons)
October 17, 2016, 4:43 pm
Danish airport, square, shopping center evacuated due to bomb threats
Police give no more details on alert, urge public to stay away from area, but note that no one has been hurt
By AP
An Israeli flag flutters among flowers outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015, hours after a fatal attack there. (photo credit: AFP/ODD ANDERSEN)
September 27, 2016, 11:56 am
Danes accused of aiding Copenhagen synagogue attacker acquitted
Court finds actions of four could not lead to 'conviction for complicity' in murder of filmmaker and synagogue guard
By AFP
Residents clean the area in the Freetown Christiania neighborhood of Copenhagen, on September 2, 2016, after two police officers were shot in a drugs raid. (Scanpix Denmark /Uffe Weng /AFP)
September 2, 2016, 10:46 pm
Islamic State says its ‘soldier’ shot cops in Danish drug bust
Mesa Hodzic, who injured 2 officers and civilian in Copenhagen raid, died Friday from gunshot wounds sustained during arrest
By AFP
Three balloons in the colors of the Belgian flag fly as people mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 3, 2016, 5:35 am
Police called over Danish exhibit on Brussels, Paris bombers
Group behind installation says terrorists will appear alongside historical figures who died for their cause, such as Joan of Arc
By AFP
File: (Left to right) Khalid El Bakraoui, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui, who carried out the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels on March 22, 2016, in a photo distributed by Belgian authorities. (Belgian Federal Police)
May 2, 2016, 9:20 pm
Danish ‘martyr’ exhibit to show Brussels, Paris bombers
Installation reported to police for encouraging terror; Copenhagen gunman won't be featured because it's not clear he was willing to die for his beliefs, says organizer
By AFP
Danish policemen stand guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, during a trial against four men accused of helping a Danish-born gunman attack a synagogue, March 10, 2016. (AFP/Scanpix Denmark/Emil Hougaard/Denmark OUT)
April 7, 2016, 4:19 pm
4 Islamic State suspects nabbed in Denmark raids
Police tight-lipped on details of operation in Copenhagen area, say arms and munition were recovered, more arrests possible
By Agencies
Illustrative photo of smashed tombstones in a Jewish cemetery. (AP/Hans Punz)
March 19, 2016, 6:28 pm
Kosher butcher shop vandalized in Denmark
Store targeted second time in a year; rabbi's grave desecrated in Russia, Holocaust monument attacked in France
By JTA
A Danish policeman looks at journalists as he stands guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, where a trial is to open on March 10, 2016 against four men accused of helping a Danish-born gunman whose attacks on a synagogue and a free speech event last year left two people dead. / AFP / SCANPIX DENMARK / Emil Hougaard / Denmark OUT
March 10, 2016, 10:15 pm
Copenhagen gunman ‘joked after attacks’ with alleged accomplices
Court proceedings reveal attacker had help from several sources; Danish intelligence agency criticized for failing to act on prior information
By Soren Billing
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