From 2 Swedes on trial in Denmark for throwing grenades at Israeli embassy in Copenhagen
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A Danish court puts two Swedes on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last year.
The two men, aged 18 and 21, have also been charged with aggravated assault and attempted murder.
“My client pleads not guilty to the charge of terrorism,” Jakob Buch-Jepsen, the lawyer for the 18-year-old, tells the court. The defendant pleads guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault.
“He admits to throwing two grenades… but he did not throw them at the embassy,” Buch-Jepsen says, while his client, dressed in a white T-shirt, looks on.
According to Swedish media, the young man was recruited by Swedish criminal network Foxtrot while he was in high school.
The same teenager is also being prosecuted in Sweden for a shooting at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on October 1, 2024.
The second defendant, wearing a black puffer jacket, pleads not guilty to all charges.
Two explosions were reported near the Israeli embassy in the area of Hellerup in Copenhagen in the middle of the night on October 2, 2024.
According to prosecutors, the men had transported five hand grenades to the area near the embassy.
They then threw two of the hand grenades in the direction of the embassy, but they hit a nearby residential building and exploded.
Police identified the DNA of the 18-year-old man on one of the grenades, which was found in a garden, says prosecutor Soren Harbo.
The two men were arrested at Copenhagen’s train station as they prepared to travel to Amsterdam.
A six-day trial has been scheduled, with the days spread out and it is expected to end on February 3.
The embassy attack came hours after the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, in neighboring Sweden, had been hit by shots.
A trial for that incident has still not taken place.
In May 2024, Swedish intelligence services claimed that Iran was recruiting members of Swedish criminal gangs to carry out attacks against Israeli institutions, which Tehran has denied.
The Times of Israel Community.