2010 Copenhagen terror plot

(2010) Copenhagen Plot: Denmark 2010 Copenhagen terror plot Copenhagen, Denmark Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen 29 December 2010 "Mumbai-style" 0 0 machine guns thumb | right | alt=The offices of the Danish newspaper Politiken in Copenhagen | The offices of the Danish newspaper Politiken in Copenhagen The 2010 Copenhagen terror plot was a terrorist plot against Jyllands-Posten, the publisher of the controversial cartoons of Muhammad in 2005.https://doku.nu/2018/10/08/terroristen-forsokte-radikalisera-sina-medfangar/ Terroristen försökte radikalisera sina medfångar – Doku.nu doku.nu 8 October 2018 sv-SE 2018-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20181013211633/https://doku.nu/2018/10/08/terroristen-forsokte-radikalisera-sina-medfangar/ 2018-10-13 liveWalker Peter 2010-12-29 Denmark and Sweden arrest five over suspected 'Mumbai-style' terror plot en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/29/denmark-arrests-terror-plot 2020-11-03 0261-30772010-12-30 Denmark terrorism plot thwarted with arrest of five suspected militants, authorities say https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-30-la-fg-denmark-arrests-20101230-story.html 2021-03-03 Los Angeles Times en-US Background In December the most serious terror operation ever uncovered in Denmark before the 2015 Copenhagen shootings was thwarted by a successful cooperation between security services in Denmark and Sweden. Police, accompanied by bomb experts, conducted several raids and detained five men,Swedes arrested over 'Muhammad cartoon plot' http://www.thelocal.se/31144/20101229/ The Local 29 December 2010 30 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101231080710/http://www.thelocal.se/31144/20101229/ 2010-12-31 live who were described as militant Islamists.Police Arrest 'Militant Islamists' Planning Attack in Denmark Christian Wienberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/five-people-arrested-in-denmark-sweden-under-suspicion-of-terrorist-plot.html Bloomberg 29 December 2010 30 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084807/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/five-people-arrested-in-denmark-sweden-under-suspicion-of-terrorist-plot.html 2012-11-04 live Automatic weapons, together with ammunition and silencers, were seized by the police. Plastic strips to use as handcuffs were also found.2010-12-29 Denmark and Sweden arrest five over suspected 'Mumbai-style' terror plot http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/29/denmark-arrests-terror-plot 2020-11-03 The Guardian en The terrorists allegedly plotted to conduct a "Mumbai-style" attack on Jyllands-Posten to avenge the 2005 publishing of the cartoons portraying Muhammad as a terrorist.Denmark and Sweden arrest five over suspected 'Mumbai-style' terror plot Peter Walker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/29/denmark-arrests-terror-plot The Guardian 29 December 2010 30 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130920230439/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/29/denmark-arrests-terror-plot 2013-09-20 live Investigation As suspects they had been under surveillance for an extended period of time and the arrests were the result of a long investigation.http://www.cphpost.dk/news/crime/50741-five-arrested-for-planning-imminent-attack.html Five arrested for planning imminent attack 29 December 2010 The Copenhagen Post 30 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115150730/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/crime/50741-five-arrested-for-planning-imminent-attack.html 2011-11-15 dead The group travelled to Copenhagen 27 December 2010, Zalouti changed his mind on the way to Denmark and returned to Järfälla. Police arrested the group 28 December 2010 in Copenhagen and Zalouti was arrested on the same day in Sweden.http://expo.se/2012/svenska-terrorister-doms-till-langa-fangelsestraff_5088.html (se) Svenska terrorister döms till långa fängelsestraff 5 June 2012 9 April 2017 Expo.se https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201615/http://expo.se/2012/svenska-terrorister-doms-till-langa-fangelsestraff_5088.html 2017-04-09 live Convictions The men were charged with attempted terrorism and unlawful possession of weapons (a machine gun with silencer, a pistol and more than 100 cartridges).https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BT1QV20101230 Three charged over plot to attack Danish newspaper Fraende Mette 30 December 2010 1 January 2011 Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20110102013638/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BT1QV20101230 2011-01-02 livehttp://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/haktningsforhandling-i-kopenhamn_5837431.svd Häktningsförhandling i Köpenhamn Chaaban Sebastian 30 December 2010 Svenska Dagbladet 1 January 2011 Swedish https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192326/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/haktningsforhandling-i-kopenhamn_5837431.svd 2010-12-31 live On 4 June 2012 they were convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison.Terrorsagen mod Jyllands-Posten i December 2010 2016-07-28 https://da.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorsagen_mod_Jyllands-Posten_i_december_2010&oldid=8659886 Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi da 2019-01-03January 2019 The convicted were transferred to a prison in Sweden, Saltviksanstalten in Härnösand which has the highest security level.https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/de-terrordomdas-liv-i-sakerhetfangelset/ De terrordömdas liv i säkerhetsfängelset Nyheter Expressen www.expressen.se 26 February 2015 sv 2018-12-24 Munir Awad Munir Awad, 29, is a Lebanese-born Swedish national. He received a sentence of 12 years in prison. He was silent during the trial (Danish: Byret), but told his version of events before the appeal court (Danish: Landsret). The state prosecutor demanded a 14-year sentence, while a lay judge recommended a 10-year sentence. The judges and the other lay judges decided on a sentence of 12 years.https://journalisten.dk/12-aars-faengsel-terrorplaner-mod-jppolitiken 12 års fængsel for terrorplaner mod JP/Politiken 2013-01-31 Journalisten 2018-10-13 da https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172401/https://journalisten.dk/12-aars-faengsel-terrorplaner-mod-jppolitiken 2018-10-13 live While in prison he attempted to contact others by connecting other participants to a phone call with his wife, thereby attempting to communicate with people he was forbidden to contact. According to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Awad has a network of contacts among radicalized individuals. He was religiously active in the prison and attempted to radicalize inmates. Munir Awad was previously arrested in Pakistan in 2009 on suspicions of terrorism, together with Mehdi Ghezali, a former Guantanamo-detainee. Munir Awad is the son-in-law of Helena Benaouda sv, head of the Muslim Council of Sweden.http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article5959502.ab Min svärson torterades Cantwell Oisín 14 October 2009 Aftonbladet 30 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20091017033747/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article5959502.ab 2009-10-17 live Swedishhttps://ctc.usma.edu/terrorist-awakening-in-sweden/ Terrorist Awakening in Sweden? 2011-01-01 Combating Terrorism Center at West Point en-US 2018-12-29 2018-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133750/https://ctc.usma.edu/terrorist-awakening-in-sweden/ dead This led some Swedish newspaper editors to question Benaouda's role as head of one of the country's largest Muslim organization.Sluta blunda https://web.archive.org/web/20110103132922/http://www.expressen.se/ledare/1.2273383/sluta-blunda 2011-01-03, editorial in Expressen 31 December 2010Krönika: Svärmodern som inget såg https://web.archive.org/web/20110111134411/http://www.sn.se/asikter/opinion/1.913559 2011-01-11, Lars Kriss in Södermanlads Nyheter, January 4, 2011 The suspects' various ties to the Stockholm Grand Mosque also stirred up some media attention. Stockholm mosque is a chapter of the Islamic Association of Sweden.http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2273609/hon-har-gjort-sig-oantraffbar Hon har gjort sig oanträffbar https://web.archive.org/web/20110103133001/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2273609/hon-har-gjort-sig-oantraffbar 2011-01-03 dead 2011-01-06http://www.dagen.se/dagen/article.aspx?id=241228 Delade lägenhet med terroristdömda https://web.archive.org/web/20111001023623/http://www.dagen.se/dagen/article.aspx?id=241228 2011-10-01 dead 2011-01-06 In 2013 he was transferred to Saltvik prison after his appeal to have his conviction overturned in a Danish court was dismissed. Awad was the only one to appeal his conviction. Others Omar Abdalla Aboelazm, 30, Swedish-Egyptian origin who had a previous conviction for sexual assault.http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/en-av-de-terrormisstankta-kand-sedan-tidigare Terroristhäktade tidigare dömda för vålds- och sexualbrott Forsström Anders 30 December 2010 Dagens Nyheter 30 December 2010 Svahn Clas Swedish https://archive.today/20130114010409/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/en-av-de-terrormisstankta-kand-sedan-tidigare 2013-01-14 dead While detained in Denmark he was suspected of planning new attacks because police found instructions for building weapons in his cell along with plans of public places.https://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article4038157.ece Anklager: Planlagde ny terror fra cellen 2018-10-13 da After being transferred to a Swedish prison, he received a number of warnings for refusing to work and disorderly conduct. Mounir Dhari, 44, Tunisian national. While incarcerated, Dhari attempted to radicalize his fellow inmates. He was also noted for disorderly conduct by issuing loud calls to prayer. He received several warnings for death threats against fellow inmates and prison staff. Among those were "I swear I shall kill you, by Allah" to a fellow inmate along with "fucking homosexual" and "I am going to fuck you". Dhari told his neighbours that he was an employee at Stockholm mosque, a position he received via the Swedish Public Employment Service, though mosque leadership denied knowing who he was, since so many are sent to the mosque by both the Prison and Probation Service and the employment service. Dhari applied several times to be transferred to a prison nearer to Stockholm but authorities refused due to the risk of escape. Sahbi Zalouti, 37, Tunisian origin, a Swedish national, was arrested in Järfälla, Sweden.Munir Awad bodde med dömda terrorister Charlotte Delaryd Sebastian Chaaban http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/munir-awad-bodde-med-domda-terrorister_5838233.svd Svenska Dagbladet 30 December 2010 Swedish 1 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192316/http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/munir-awad-bodde-med-domda-terrorister_5838233.svd 2010-12-31 live Zalouti received several warnings from prison authorities for disorderly conduct, threats and violence and refusing to work. As a consequence he has at times been put in isolation. NN, 26, Iraqi - arrested in Greve, was later released without charge.Four Danish terror plot suspects remanded in custody Jasmina Nielsen http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/four-danish-terror-plot-suspects-remanded-in-custody-20101230-19awt.html The Sydney Morning Herald 30 December 2010 1 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110102073916/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/four-danish-terror-plot-suspects-remanded-in-custody-20101230-19awt.html 2011-01-02 live Sahbi Zalouti had also been previously arrested in Pakistan in 2009 on suspicions of terrorism, roughly at the same time as Munir Awad though not together.February 2023 Reactions Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen expressed his dismay at the fact that concrete plans for a group terrorist attack may have happened in the country. He stressed that, regardless of the case, they would not allow terrorism to endanger the values of their open society, in particular democracy and freedom of expression.Associated Press 2010-12-29 Five arrested over Danish cartoon terror plot https://www.syracuse.com/news/2010/12/5_arrested_in_plot_to_attack_p.html 2020-11-04 syracuse en Abd al Haqq Kielan, the imam at the Sabirin Mosque in Eskilstuna said in an interview that "These people do things that are explicitly forbidden in Islam. They make our religion to appear cruel and brutal." The imam also said that "the prophet is very clear on this: A Muslim must not be disloyal to the country he lives in, much less the country that received him, gave him a visa, residence permit and protection when you most needed it."http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/kand-imam-de-har-inget-att-gora-med-islam Det är perverst att de kallar sig muslimer 1 January 2011 Svenska Dagbladet 1 January 2011 Swedish https://web.archive.org/web/20110104052115/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/kand-imam-de-har-inget-att-gora-med-islam 2011-01-04 dead See also Denmark Islam Islamic terrorism Terrorism in Denmark Glostrup Terrorists Case Vollsmose terrorists Mohamad Al-Khaled Samha German Terror Plot 9/07 2010 Stockholm bombings 2010 Norway terror plot References 55.7193 N 12.4711 E source:wikidata title Category:2010 crimes in Denmark Category:2010 in Copenhagen Category:Crime in Copenhagen Category:December 2010 in Europe Category:Organised events in Copenhagen Category:Failed terrorist attempts in Denmark Category:Islamic terrorism in Denmark Category:Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Category:21st-century terrorist incidents in Denmark Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2010