2015 Kundby bomb plot explained

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 named Natascha Colding-Olsen. The police found chemicals to create a bomb in her home in Kundby.

Background

15-year-old Natascha Colding-Olsen planned to build a bomb to blow up two schools in Denmark: Sydskolen in Fårevejle (near Holbæk), which she previously attended, and Carolineskolen, a Jewish school in Copenhagen.[1] 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 for ISIS supporters.[4] [5] [6] Colding-Olsen was 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] [11] Colding-Olsen 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] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Legal proceedings

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 Colding-Olsen be held in custody indefinitely.[3] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

The case started on 19 April 2017.[22] 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.[23]

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.[23] On 27 November 2017 Natascha Colding-Olsen received her final sentence of eight years in prison on account of planning of terrorism and physical violence (legemsangreb) for stabbing a pedagogue.[24] [25]

On 10 January 2019, she was additionally sentenced to 40 days in prison for threats against her former mentor during a phone conversation.[26] [27] On 8 May 2019, she was sentenced to 20 further days for a bribery attempt against a police guard who Colding-Olsen had wanted to give her a phone.[28] [29]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. News: Israel. David. Learning the Fundamentals: Muslim Wannabe Danish Teen Guilty of Planning Jewish School Bombing. 4 June 2017. The Jewish Press. 16 May 2017.
  3. News: OVERBLIK: Her er Kundbysagen. 2017-05-16. www.b.dk. 2017-05-31. da.
  4. News: Barrett . Michael . New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case . The Local Denmark . 2017-05-04 . 2017-06-03.
  5. News: Cremer . Justin . Denmark files terrorism charge against 16-year-old girl . The Local Denmark . 2017-02-10 . 2017-06-03.
  6. Web site: New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case . News . 2017-06-03 . 2017-06-03.
  7. Web site: Kundby-sagen: 16-årig pige tiltales - 25-årig mand løsladt . . 2017-02-10 . 2017-07-12 . Danish.
  8. Web site: Færch . Emil . Pedersen . Janni . Nye beviser: Kundby-pigen havde breve til Syrienkriger i sin celle . . 2017-05-05 . 2017-07-12 . Danish.
  9. Web site: Syrienkriger mister sit danske statsborgerskab . . 2017-05-31 . 2017-07-12 . Danish.
  10. Web site: Syrienkriger fra Ishøj, der foragter demokratiet i Danmark, mister sit danske pas . . 2017-05-31 . 2017-07-12 . Danish.
  11. Web site: Anklage: Kundby-pigen afventede ordrer udefra - ville bombe skole på festdag . . 2017-02-17 . 2017-07-12 . Danish.
  12. Web site: Danish News in English . The Post – The Copenhagen Post – Danish news in English . 2014-10-10 . 2017-06-03.
  13. Web site: Sechs Jahre Gefängnis für "Kundby-Mädchen" . Der Nordschleswiger . 2017-05-18 . de . 2017-06-03.
  14. Web site: Dose . Dominik . Kundby-Fall: 17-jährige Dänin wegen Terrorplanungen schuldig gesprochen . shz . 2017-05-16 . de . 2017-06-03.
  15. Web site: sz-online . Harte Strafe für eine Möchtegern-Terroristin . SZ-Online . de . 2017-06-03.
  16. Web site: Rundschau . Frankfurter . IS-Konvertitin: Minderjähriger Dänin droht harte Strafe . Frankfurter Rundschau . 2017-03-17 . de . 2017-06-03.
  17. News: Terroråtalad flicka i rätten: "Det var spännande". Aftonbladet. 2017-06-03.
  18. Web site: Dansk rättegång inleds mot 17-årig tjej som misstänks för att ha planerat terrordåd . svenska.yle.fi . 2017-04-19 . sv . 2017-06-03.
  19. Web site: Flicka döms till fängelse för terrorbrott . HD . 2017-05-18 . sv . 2017-06-03.
  20. News: Nyheter . SVT . 16-årig flicka misstänks för bombplaner mot judisk skola . SVT Nyheter . 2016-03-08 . sv . 2017-06-03.
  21. Web site: En 16-årig flicka ska ha planerat skoldåd . Expressen . 2016-03-08 . sv . 2017-06-03.
  22. Web site: 2017-04-19 . I dag begynder retssag mod 17-årig: Anklaget for at ville bombe to skoler - TV 2 . 2023-04-16 . nyheder.tv2.dk . da-DK.
  23. News: Anklagemyndigheden anker Kundbysagen. 2017-05-31. Information. 2017-05-31. da-DK.
  24. Web site: 2017-11-27 . Østre Landsret idømmer Kundby-pigen otte års fængsel - TV 2 . 2023-04-16 . nyheder.tv2.dk . da-DK.
  25. Web site: 2017-11-24 . Landsretten: Kundby-pige er skyldig i forsøg på terror . 2023-04-16 . DR . da-DK.
  26. Web site: 2019-01-10 . Kundby-pigen idømt ubetinget fængsel i 40 dage for trusler mod lærer - TV 2 . 2023-04-16 . nyheder.tv2.dk . da-DK.
  27. Web site: 2019-01-10 . Kundbypigen idømt 40 dages fængsel for trusler . 2023-04-16 . DR . da-DK.
  28. Web site: 2019-05-08 . Kundby-pigen får 20 dages fængsel for forsøg på bestikkelse - TV 2 . 2023-04-16 . nyheder.tv2.dk . da-DK.
  29. Web site: maj 2019 . Onsdag d 08 . maj 2019 . kl 14 21 Del denne artikel Del denne artikel Opdateret onsdag d 08 . Kl. 14.52 . 2019-05-08 . Kundbypigen idømt 20 dages fængsel i sag om bestikkelse . 2023-04-16 . Berlingske.dk . da.

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