Denmark hands 2 Swedes lengthy prison sentences for 2024 attack on Israeli embassy |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two young Swedes were sentenced to jail terms Tuesday for throwing grenades at Israel’s embassy in Denmark over a year ago.
A Copenhagen court condemned an 18-year-old to 12 years in prison and a 21-year-old to 14 years after finding them guilty of “terrorism” in the October 2024 incident.
“The two men threw the grenades with the intention of seriously frightening the Israeli and Danish populations — the attack therefore constitutes a terrorist act,” police said in a statement.
The Copenhagen court also ruled that the two men, aged 16 and 18 at the time, acted in concert after prior agreement with one or more unidentified accomplices belonging to a criminal network in Sweden.
During the hearing, the youngest of the two, who is also being prosecuted in Sweden for shooting at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, admitted to being a member of the Foxtrot criminal network, which had recruited him during his secondary........