2015 Kundby bomb plot
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.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-16 |title=Bombetruede skoler ånder lettet op efter skyldkendelse mod Kundby-pige |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/bombetruede-skoler-aander-lettet-op-efter-skyldkendelse-mod-kundby-pige |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} The plotter was 17 at the time of her trial.{{cite news|last1=Israel|first1=David|title=Learning the Fundamentals: Muslim Wannabe Danish Teen Guilty of Planning Jewish School Bombing|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/europe/learning-the-fundamentals-muslim-wannabe-danish-teen-guilty-of-planning-jewish-school-bombing/2017/05/16/|accessdate=4 June 2017|publisher=The Jewish Press|date=16 May 2017}} An American captain from Iraq warned Denmark, which led to detention of the girl and a 24-year-old Turkish man.{{Cite news|url=https://www.b.dk/nationalt/overblik-her-er-kundbysagen-0|title=OVERBLIK: Her er Kundbysagen|date=2017-05-16|work=www.b.dk|access-date=2017-05-31|language=da}} 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.{{cite news | last=Barrett | first=Michael | title=New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case | newspaper=The Local Denmark | date=2017-05-04 | url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20170504/new-evidence-delays-judgement-in-danish-kundby-girl-terrorism-case | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite news | last=Cremer | first=Justin | title=Denmark files terrorism charge against 16-year-old girl | newspaper=The Local Denmark | date=2017-02-10 | url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20170210/denmark-files-terrorism-charge-against-16-year-old-girl | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | title=New evidence delays Danish Kundby girl terrorism case | website=News | date=2017-06-03 | url=https://news-h24.com/new-evidence-delays-danish-kundby-girl-terrorism-case/ | access-date=2017-06-03}} 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. She told the court that she became interested because Islamist ideas and ISIS were "exciting".
The Turkish man was not charged in the Kundby plot due to insufficient evidence against him,{{cite web | title=Kundby-sagen: 16-årig pige tiltales - 25-årig mand løsladt | publisher=Berlingske Tidende | date=2017-02-10 | url=https://www.b.dk/nationalt/kundby-sagen-16-aarig-pige-tiltales-25-aarig-mand-loesladt | access-date=2017-07-12 | language=Danish}} 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.{{cite web | last1=Færch | first1=Emil | last2=Pedersen | first2=Janni | title=Nye beviser: Kundby-pigen havde breve til Syrienkriger i sin celle | publisher=TV2 Nyheder | date=2017-05-05 | url=http://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2017-05-05-nye-beviser-kundby-pigen-havde-breve-til-syrienkriger-i-sin-celle | access-date=2017-07-12 | language=Danish}}{{cite web | title=Syrienkriger mister sit danske statsborgerskab | publisher=Fyens Stiftstidende | date=2017-05-31 | url=http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3136894 | access-date=2017-07-12 | language=Danish}}{{cite web | title=Syrienkriger fra Ishøj, der foragter demokratiet i Danmark, mister sit danske pas | publisher=Politiken | date=2017-05-31 | url=http://politiken.dk/indland/art5895063/Syrienkriger-fra-Ishøj-der-foragter-demokratiet-i-Danmark-mister-sit-danske-pas | access-date=2017-07-12 | language=Danish}} He was only the second person to lose his Danish citizenship due to terror-related charges.
History
= Arrest and detention =
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On 13 January 2016 police found bomb-making chemicals in the home of the plotter on Trønningevej in Kundby.{{cite web | title=Anklage: Kundby-pigen afventede ordrer udefra - ville bombe skole på festdag | publisher=TV2 Nyheder | date=2017-02-17 | url=http://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2017-02-17-anklage-kundby-pigen-afventede-ordrer-udefra-ville-bombe-skole-paa-festdag | access-date=2017-07-12 | language=Danish}} Colding-Olsen had not succeeded in making a bomb. The plotter was arrested at 12:22 CET. The court in Holbæk placed her in pre-trial detention.{{cite web | title=Danish News in English | website=The Post – The Copenhagen Post – Danish news in English | date=2014-10-10 | url=http://www.cphpost.dk | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | title=Sechs Jahre Gefängnis für "Kundby-Mädchen" | website=Der Nordschleswiger | date=2017-05-18 | url=https://www.nordschleswiger.dk/de/daenemark/sechs-jahre-gefaengnis-fuer-kundby-maedchen | language=de | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | last=Dose | first=Dominik | title=Kundby-Fall: 17-jährige Dänin wegen Terrorplanungen schuldig gesprochen | website=shz | date=2017-05-16 | url=https://www.shz.de/deutschland-welt/17-jaehrige-daenin-wegen-terrorplanungen-schuldig-gesprochen-id16831726.html | language=de | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | author=sz-online | title=Harte Strafe für eine Möchtegern-Terroristin | website=SZ-Online | url=http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/harte-strafe-fuer-eine-moechtegern-terroristin-3685590.html | language=de | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | last=Rundschau | first=Frankfurter | title=IS-Konvertitin: Minderjähriger Dänin droht harte Strafe | website=Frankfurter Rundschau | date=2017-03-17 | url=http://www.fr.de/politik/is-konvertitin-minderjaehriger-daenin-droht-harte-strafe-a-1280685 | language=de | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zpA2v/terroratalad-flicka-i-ratten-det-var-spannande|title=Terroråtalad flicka i rätten: "Det var spännande"|work=Aftonbladet|access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | title=Dansk rättegång inleds mot 17-årig tjej som misstänks för att ha planerat terrordåd | website=svenska.yle.fi | date=2017-04-19 | url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/04/19/dansk-rattegang-inleds-mot-17-arig-tjej-som-misstanks-att-ha-planerat-terrordad | language=sv | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | title=Flicka döms till fängelse för terrorbrott | website=HD | date=2017-05-18 | url=https://www.hd.se/2017-05-18/flicka-doms-till-fangelse-for-terrorbrott | language=sv | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite news | last=Nyheter | first=SVT | title=16-årig flicka misstänks för bombplaner mot judisk skola | newspaper=SVT Nyheter | date=2016-03-08 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/16-arig-flicka-misstanks-for-bombplaner-mot-judisk-skola-i-kopenhamn | language=sv | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{cite web | title=En 16-årig flicka ska ha planerat skoldåd | website=Expressen | date=2016-03-08 | url=http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/en-16-arig-flicka-ska-ha-planerat-skoldad/ | language=sv | access-date=2017-06-03}}{{citation overkill|date=December 2020}}
= 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.
The case started on 19 April 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-19 |title=I dag begynder retssag mod 17-årig: Anklaget for at ville bombe to skoler - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2017-04-17-i-dag-begynder-retssag-mod-17-aarig-anklaget-for-at-ville-bombe-to-skoler |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}} 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. She was sentenced to six years in prison on 18 May 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.information.dk/telegram/2017/05/anklagemyndigheden-anker-kundbysagen?lst_frnt|title=Anklagemyndigheden anker Kundbysagen|date=2017-05-31|work=Information|access-date=2017-05-31|language=da-DK}}
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. 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.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-27 |title=Østre Landsret idømmer Kundby-pigen otte års fængsel - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2017-11-27-oestre-landsret-idoemmer-kundby-pigen-otte-aars-faengsel |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-24 |title=Landsretten: Kundby-pige er skyldig i forsøg på terror |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/landsretten-kundby-pige-er-skyldig-i-forsoeg-paa-terror |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=DR |language=da-DK}}
On 10 January 2019, she was additionally sentenced to 40 days in prison for threats against her former mentor during a phone conversation.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-10 |title=Kundby-pigen idømt ubetinget fængsel i 40 dage for trusler mod lærer - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2019-01-10-kundby-pigen-idoemt-ubetinget-faengsel-i-40-dage-for-trusler-mod-laerer |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-10 |title=Kundbypigen idømt 40 dages fængsel for trusler |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kundbypigen-idoemt-40-dages-faengsel-trusler |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=DR |language=da-DK}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-08 |title=Kundby-pigen får 20 dages fængsel for forsøg på bestikkelse - TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2019-05-08-kundby-pigen-faar-20-dages-faengsel-for-forsoeg-paa-bestikkelse |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=nyheder.tv2.dk |language=da-DK}}{{Cite web |last=maj 2019 |first=Onsdag d 08 |last2=maj 2019 |first2=kl 14 21 Del denne artikel Del denne artikel Opdateret onsdag d 08 |last3=Kl. 14.52 |date=2019-05-08 |title=Kundbypigen idømt 20 dages fængsel i sag om bestikkelse |url=https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/1368104 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Berlingske.dk |language=da}}
See also
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