Hotel Jørgensen explosion explained

Hotel Jørgensen bombing
Location:Copenhagen, Denmark
Date:Friday 10 September 2010
Time:1:23 p.m.
Timezone:UTC+1
Type:Bombing, terrorism, accident
Fatalities:0
Injuries:1 (the bomber)
Perp:Lors Doukaiev[1] (Chechnyan-Belgian)[2]

The explosion at Hotel Jørgensen was a minor explosion inside of the discount hostel of the same name in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The explosion happened at 1:23 pm on 10 September 2010. No fatalities were recorded.[3] The only injured person was the one-legged Chechnyan-Belgian bomber Lors Doukaiev, who was caught in a nearby park, Ørstedsparken, following the explosion, but only identified several days later.[4]

Doukaiev has been confirmed by the German security agency Verfassungsschutz to have maintained close contacts with Islamic extremists in the German city of Bremen.[5]

Investigation

Considering that the bomber bought a bus ticket to Belgium with departure from Denmark on 10 September,[6] and he was seen at a post office buying a small box used for mailing CDs, as well as a roll of tape, it is believed that it was not meant to be a suicide attack against the hostel, but rather an accident while making a letter bomb, which happened as a consequence of Doukaiev's use of a highly volatile explosive substance.

Lors Doukaiev was also seen in a video game shop, buying a game whose case he could have intended to use as a container for the bomb.[7]

The Danish police revealed a hypothesis regarding the purpose of the bomb. According to the police hypothesis, Lors Doukaiev constructed a letter bomb, which was meant to explode upon opening. The bomb would have the same effect as a fragmentation grenade. It is speculated, that Jyllands-Posten in Århus would have been the target of said letter bomb.

Despite Lors Doukaiev's continued claims of innocence, a unanimous panel of judges found him guilty of attempted terrorism,[8] and on 31 May 2011 he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.[9] In April 2013, he was extradited to Belgium.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lors Doukaev bekræfter sin identitet. 20 September 2010. Ritzau. DR. 21 September 2010. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20100923132637/http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/kriminalitet/2010/09/20/120319.htm. 2010-09-23. live.
  2. Web site: Belgisk Avis: Bombemanden har belgisk statsborgerskab. Vibeke Rask Grøn. 15 September 2010. DR. 20 September 2010. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20100919013122/http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2010/09/15/115628.htm. 2010-09-19. live.
  3. Web site: Danish Police appeal for help with Identifying hotel bomber. 14 September 2010. Euro Weekly News. 21 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100919112805/http://www.euroweeklynews.com/. 2010-09-19. live.
  4. Web site: Han hedder Lors Doukaiev. Thomas Nørmark Krog. 15 September 2010. B.T.. 15 September 2010. da. His name is Lors Doukaiev. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918093512/http://www.bt.dk/krimi/han-hedder-lors-doukaiev. 2010-09-18. live.
  5. News: Hotel-bombemand kendte tyske islamister. 2 October 2010. BT. da. 2019-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022035336/https://www.bt.dk/krimi/hotel-bombemand-kendte-tyske-islamister. 2017-10-22. live.
  6. Web site: Det ved vi om bombemandens færden. Signe Fuglsang Midtgaard. 12 September 2010. DR. 21 September 2010. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20100914084342/http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/kriminalitet/2010/09/12/144213.htm. 2010-09-14. live.
  7. Web site: TATP-bombe skulle sendes til Århus. Helle Harbo Sørensen & Trine Fisker. 17 September 2010. TV2. 20 September 2010. da. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100921023705/http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article/33646658/. 21 September 2010.
  8. Web site: Tjetjener er skyldig i forsøg på terror. Søren Astrup, Morten Skjoldager & Niels Holst. 30 May 2011. Politiken. 14 February 2015. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216110134/http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1289581/tjetjener-er-skyldig-i-forsoeg-paa-terror/. 2015-02-16. live.
  9. Web site: Lors Dukajev får 12 års fængsel for terror-plan. Søren Astrup & Morten Skjoldager. 31 May 2011. Politiken. 14 February 2015. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216110139/http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1296109/lors-dukajev-faar-12-aars-faengsel-for-terror-plan/. 2015-02-16. live.
  10. Web site: Bombemanden Lors Doukaev udleveret til Belgien. 29 April 2013. EB. 14 February 2015. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20150214230652/http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/article3976540.ece. 2015-02-14. live.

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