Danish police investigate two blasts near Israel’s embassy in Copenhagen

Police officers are seen securing an area near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, on October 2, 2024. (AFP)

• No injuries reported and it was too early to say how big the blasts had been

COPENHAGEN: Danish police said on Wednesday they were investigating two blasts in the immediate vicinity of Israel’s embassy in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen.
There were no injuries reported and it was too early to say how big the blasts had been, a police spokesperson told reporters at the scene.
“It is clear that the Israeli embassy is in the immediate vicinity and that is naturally also an angle that we look at,” Deputy Assistant Commissioner Jakob Hansen of the Copenhagen police said.
A large area was cordoned off, and pictures published by tabloid Ekstra Bladet showed heavily armed Danish military personnel guarding the embassy.
Investigators were seen wearing coverall suits as they combed the scene for evidence, tabloid BT reported.Israel's embassy, in a Facebook post, expressed shock over the explosions but said it had full confidence in the Danish police handling the investigation.
An area was cordoned off around the embassy and armed Danish military personnel stood guard, while investigators wearing coverall suits were seen combing the scene for evidence.
The blasts occurred against a backdrop of soaring tensions in the Middle East as Iran carried out a massive missile attack on Israel.
Israel, which is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, promised to retaliate, stoking fears of a wider war.