Police probe blasts, shooting at Israeli embassies in Nordic capitals; 3 arrested in Denmark
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Police in Denmark and Sweden investigate attacks near Israeli embassies amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, no injuries reported.
Police in Denmark and Sweden said on Wednesday (October 2, 2024) they were probing attacks at or near Israeli embassies in their capitals, which took place as tensions spiral in the West Asia.
Copenhagen police arrested three people in relation to the blasts early on Wednesday (October 2, 2024). “Two men were arrested on a train at Copenhagen Central Station. In addition, earlier in the day we arrested a man elsewhere in Copenhagen,” police said in a post to X.
In Denmark, twin blasts were reported overnight in the "immediate proximity" to the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Danish police spokesman Jakob Hansen told reporters Wednesday (October 2, 2024) morning.
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In Sweden, police confirmed that the Israeli embassy in Stockholm had been targeted in a shooting on Tuesday (October 1, 2024) just before 6 p.m. (1600 GMT).
No injuries were reported in either incident.
"It's too early to say if there is a link" between the blasts and the Israeli embassy, Mr. Hansen said of the Copenhagen incidents.
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