Two Swedish men who have been accused of shooting at the Israeli consulate in Sweden and throwing grenades at the Israeli embassy in Denmark are set to face terrorism charges at their trial, which began on Wednesday.
The trial is taking place in Denmark. After an investigation, the Danish prosecution managed to link both attacks and ordered the extradition of the younger suspect, who was at that moment a minor living in Sweden.
According to Danish media, the men,18 and 21 years old respectively, have been accused of attacking the Israeli embassy in October 2024.
Reuters reported on October 2, 2024, that the Danish police were investigating two blasts in the immediate vicinity of Israel's embassy in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen and concluded they were likely caused by hand grenades.
A day before, there were reports of a shooting outside the Israeli consulate in Stockholm, although no injuries were reported.
Money, threats, and Iran's role in the attack
According to the news outlet Herning Folkeblad, the 18-year-old man said he was pressured to attack the Israeli consulate by a Swedish gang called Foxtrot. The gang threatened that if he did not carry out the attack, then they would hurt his family, after first offering him money.
The "Foxtrot Network," which is led by Rawa Majid, is a criminal organization sanctioned by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) because of its "involvement in both trafficking illegal drugs and carrying out attacks on Israelis and Jews in Europe."
Majid, known as "The Kurdish Fox," was born in Iran and seems to be the link between the group and the Islamic Republic.
The suspect also explained how he first shot at the Israeli embassy in Sweden on October 1, fled to Malmo, and was told to go to Copenhagen, where he threw the grenades alongside the 21-year-old.
The latter is expected to testify at the next court hearing in the case, scheduled for November 26.