Copenhagen these days... good grief!!
There has been shootings going on around in Copenhagen for quite some time now, and we've had enough!! Two gangs are trying to wipe out each other, and members of them have started stopping and searching people for guns/knives/certain tatoos, even people who have nothing to do with them! They go for certain looks. The police say, don't object to it, just let them do it. :rolleyes: :mad:
But the following is appaling!! Just this morning, as I opened my window, I saw a police van on the corner of the street an wondered, what's going on? It turned out they were excorting a van that brought food to elderly people. :( :mad:
The stories can be read here in English, or below.
http://www.cphpost.dk/
Gang conflict halts meals on wheels service
Tuesday, 03 March 2009 10:35
Food deliveries to elderly people in the Nørrebro district of the city have been disrupted by threats from local gangs
The escalating conflict between the biker and immigrant gangs in the inner city has caused a Meals on Wheels company to stop delivering to elderly people in affected areas.
The Multi Trans food delivery company said yesterday that it had been threatened by local gang members not to visit the streets around the Nørrebro district.
Drivers for the company had already been accosted and threatened by youths carrying knives and guns last Thursday and Friday. After contacting the police, the company was advised to keep away from the area.
The City Council said that 19 elderly people had been affected by the withdrawal of the company and now the police are offering to help make sure the deliveries can go ahead.
‘If the gang elements in Nørrebro are trying to prevent food delivery companies from carrying out their work, then we will put a stop to it,’ said Per Larsen of the Copenhagen Police.
Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen also backed the police involvement in the case.
‘This case completely oversteps all the boundaries of decency and shows that we have to do something with these completely unscrupulous gang members who have no consideration for elderly people who need their food,’ said Mikkelsen to public broadcaster DR.
The council said the police had reassured them about the safety of other workers in the area such as home helpers and visiting nurses.
British travellers warned of Nørrebro violence
Tuesday, 03 March 2009 13:32
The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has advised travellers to be cautious when visiting areas affected by recent gang violence
The open street gang violence in Nørrebro has been highlighted in the latest travel warning from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO).
The update on the FCO website, dated January, maintains that British citizens should ‘exercise extra caution’ when in the Nørrebro area as a result of the gang conflict. The site also maintained that there continues to be a general terrorist threat level against Denmark, as there is in many European countries.
The FCO warned that the recent spate of violence between the Hells Angels and minority gangs included shootings, but said they were localised to the criminal elements involved.
Since last summer there have been more than 60 street shootings in the Greater Copenhagen area, many of which have been linked to an on-going turf battle between the Hells Angels bikers and a number of different immigrant gangs.
The latest shooting occurred on Amager on Sunday evening when 30-year-old Anders Wehage was gunned down in Café Våren by two men of immigrant background. Three others were injured in the attack which was linked to the gang disputes, but it has emerged that neither the dead man nor the injured had any connections to the biker group.
