Blasts, shooting around Israeli Embassies in Nordic capitals
Police in Denmark and Sweden said on Wednesday they were probing explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in their capitals which took place amid spiraling West Asia East tensions.
In Denmark, police said three Swedish nationals had been arrested after two blasts were reported in the “immediate proximity” of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen in the early hours of Wednesday, according to AFP.
Swedish police said the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm had been targeted in a shooting on Tuesday just before 6:00 pm (1600 GMT).
No injuries were reported from the incidents.
“Two explosions occurred at 3:20 am at the Israeli Embassy. It is our preliminary assessment that it was due to two hand grenades,” Jens Jespersen of the Copenhagen police told a press conference.
Swedish police said in a statement that information indicated the Israeli Embassy building had been hit by shots on Tuesday evening.
Since the outbreak of the Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, which has left more than 41,000 dead, several incidents apparently targeting Israeli interests in Sweden have been reported.