{"id":197829,"date":"2019-11-14T07:36:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T07:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=197829"},"modified":"2019-11-18T08:12:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T08:12:15","slug":"as-bombings-spread-denmark-closes-border-with-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=197829","title":{"rendered":"As Bombings Spread, Denmark Closes Border With Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breibart \u2013 Nov 11, 2019<\/h1>\n
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An armed police officer stands guard after an object exploded next to a police station in Rosengard in Malmo, Sweden on January 17, 2018. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ TT News Agency \/ Johan NILSSON \/ Sweden OUT (Photo credit should read JOHAN NILSSON\/AFP\/Getty Images) Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Denmark will temporarily reinstate border controls with Sweden and step up police work along the border after a series of violent crimes and explosions around Copenhagen that Danish authorities say were carried out by perpetrators from Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n

The checks, which start Tuesday for six months, will take place at the Oresund Bridge between Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmo and also at ferry ports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Oresund Bridge connects Sweden with Denmark. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Lene Frank of Denmark\u2019s National Police said there will be both random and periodic checks of people crossing the border and officers will focus \u201cparticularly on cross-border crime involving explosives, weapons and drugs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since February, there have been 13 blasts in Copenhagen. Authorities believe an Aug. 6 explosion at the Danish Tax Agency \u201cwas committed by criminals that had crossed the border from Sweden.\u201d Two Swedish citizens are in custody.<\/span><\/p>\n

Denmark Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup has called a June 25 double murder \u2013 where two Swedish citizens were gunned down in suburban Copenhagen \u2013 \u201ca showdown between feuding gangs from Sweden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, one 15-year-old boy was shot dead and another 15-year-old was critically wounded in Malmo, Sweden\u2019s third-largest city, which lies just across the water from Copenhagen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The boys \u201cwere well-known to the police despite their young age,\u201d senior police officer Stefan Sinteus told a news conference Monday. \u201cIt was a somber weekend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The shooting took place just minutes after an explosion in another Malmo district where a bomb set under a car detonated, destroying the vehicle and damaging other cars. Police said Monday that the blast could have been a diversion from the killing.<\/span><\/p>\n

No one has been arrested in the Malmo shootings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police in Malmo \u2013 a Swedish city also hit by explosions and shootings between feuding gangs \u2013 will get extra officers to cope with the violence, said Carina Persson, the southern Sweden regional police chief.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haekkerup said last month that the blast at the headquarters of the Danish Tax Agency and the twin murders in suburban Copenhagen were \u201cexamples of the serious crime that can flow over the border from Sweden. We will not accept that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the temporary border controls should protect Denmark against both \u201cforeigners who do not live up to the entrance criteria and foreigners who may intend to commit serious organizes crime or terror in Denmark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the border checks, authorities plan to have more CCTV surveillance, more surveillance of gang members, more drones and more bomb-sniffing dogs, Haekkerup said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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