1985 Copenhagen bombings

1985 Copenhagen bombings
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Date22 July 1985
10:20, 10:31 (CET)
TargetGreat Synagogue, Northwest Orient Airlines offices, El Al offices (averted)
Attack type
Bombings
Deaths1[1]
Injured26[1]
PerpetratorsAbu Talb, Marten Imandi, Mahmoud Mougrabi, Hezbollah
MotivePalestinian nationalism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism

On 22 July 1985, two bombs exploded in a terrorist attack in Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the bombs exploded near the Great Synagogue and a Jewish nursing home and kindergarten, and another at the offices of Northwest Orient Airlines. At least one more bomb, planned for the El Al airline offices, was discovered. One person was killed and 26 people were injured in the attacks.[1][2][3] Sweden-based Palestinians Abu Talb and Marten Imandi were sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden for the bombings, which were part of a series of attacks in 1985 and 1986, while two co-conspirators received lesser sentences of one and six years imprisonment.[4][5]

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