2015 Kundby bomb plot

The Kundby case was a 2016 plan to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish school in Copenhagen. The plan was made by a 15-year-old Danish girl from Kundby, Denmark who had converted to Islam and became an enthusiastic supporter of jihad and of ISIS. The police found chemicals to create a bomb in her home in Kundby.

Background

A 15-year-old Muslim girl planned to build a bomb to blow up two schools in Denmark: Sydskolen in Fårevejle (near Holbæk), which she previously attended,[1] and Carolineskolen, a Jewish school in Copenhagen. The plotter was 17 at the time of her trial.[2] An American captain from Iraq warned Denmark, which led to detention of the girl and a 24-year-old Turkish man.[3] The plotter, a recent convert to Islam, wrote on her Facebook page of her desire to help convert more Danish people to Islam and joined a Facebook page of ISIS supporters.[4][5][6] She is described as having undergone a rapid transformation, changing within a few months from a teenager interested in clothes and boys, into a young woman interested in fighting a holy war.[2] She told the court that she became interested because Islamist ideas and ISIS were "exciting."[2]

The Turkish man was not charged in the Kundby plot due to insufficient evidence against him,[7] but in early 2017, when 25 years old, he received a prison sentence, lost his Danish citizenship (he had been a dual national of Turkey and Denmark) and was banned for life from visiting Denmark after being convicted of joining the terror organization ISIS during trips to Syria.[8][9][10] He was only the second person to lose his Danish citizenship due to terror-related charges.[9][10]

History

Arrest and detention

On 13 January 2016 police found bomb-making chemicals in the home of the plotter on Trønningevej in Kundby.[2][1] She had not succeeded in making a bomb.[2] The plotter was arrested at 12:22 CET. The court in Holbæk placed her in pre-trial detention.[3][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

On 17 February 2017, charges of terrorism were levied against the girl. She was further charged with violence after she stabbed a pedagogue in the stomach with a glass splinter from a mirror while in detention. The public prosecutor demanded she be held in custody indefinitely.[3][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

The case started on 19 April 2017. The judgement on the issue of guilt was moved to 16 May 2017 after police found a letter in her prison cell from a man convicted of terrorism.[3][8] She was sentenced to six years in prison on 18 May 2017.[21]

The public prosecutor appealed the sentence, demanding a custodial sentence without a definite time limit, stating she was too dangerous to be part of society. Retslægerådet (Danish Justice Physician Council) agreed with the public prosecutors.[21]

See also

References
  1. "Anklage: Kundby-pigen afventede ordrer udefra - ville bombe skole på festdag" (in Danish). TV2 Nyheder. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  2. Israel, David (16 May 2017). "Learning the Fundamentals: Muslim Wannabe Danish Teen Guilty of Planning Jewish School Bombing". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. "OVERBLIK: Her er Kundbysagen". www.b.dk (in Danish). 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  4. Barrett, Michael (2017-05-04). "New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case". The Local. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  5. Cremer, Justin (2017-02-10). "Denmark files terrorism charge against 16-year-old girl". The Local. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  6. "New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case". News. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  7. "Kundby-sagen: 16-årig pige tiltales - 25-årig mand løsladt" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  8. Færch, Emil; Pedersen, Janni (2017-05-05). "Nye beviser: Kundby-pigen havde breve til Syrienkriger i sin celle" (in Danish). TV2 Nyheder. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  9. "Syrienkriger mister sit danske statsborgerskab" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  10. "Syrienkriger fra Ishøj, der foragter demokratiet i Danmark, mister sit danske pas" (in Danish). Politiken. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  11. "Danish News in English". The Post – The Copenhagen Post – Danish news in English. 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  12. "Sechs Jahre Gefängnis für "Kundby-Mädchen"". Der Nordschleswiger (in German). 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  13. Dose, Dominik (2017-05-16). "Kundby-Fall: 17-jährige Dänin wegen Terrorplanungen schuldig gesprochen". shz (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  14. sz-online. "Harte Strafe für eine Möchtegern-Terroristin". SZ-Online (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  15. Rundschau, Frankfurter (2017-03-17). "IS-Konvertitin: Minderjähriger Dänin droht harte Strafe". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  16. "Terroråtalad flicka i rätten: "Det var spännande"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  17. "Dansk rättegång inleds mot 17-årig tjej som misstänks för att ha planerat terrordåd". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  18. "Flicka döms till fängelse för terrorbrott". HD (in Swedish). 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  19. Nyheter, SVT (2016-03-08). "16-årig flicka misstänks för bombplaner mot judisk skola". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  20. "En 16-årig flicka ska ha planerat skoldåd". Expressen (in Swedish). 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  21. "Anklagemyndigheden anker Kundbysagen". Information (in Danish). 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.