A 21-year-old man is accused of setting fire to a balcony, and the incident is being treated as a terrorism case.
A court hearing was held behind closed doors on Tuesday for a 21-year-old man accused of setting fire to some furniture on a house balcony on May 29. The fire spread before it was brought under control.
The case is considered to be related to terrorism.
The case was treated as a terrorism-related incident because the house was inhabited by a Jewish woman, and a judge in the Copenhagen District Court ordered the young man detained until September 27. The Jewish community described the incident as terrifying, and no injuries were reported, according to sources.
The accused says he is innocent, and the police are not ruling out the possibility of accomplices.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges against him in the closed session before the judge, and the police stated that the investigation is still in its early stages and that they cannot rule out the possibility of accomplices being at large, according to TV2.
Preliminary evidence is confidential four months after the incident.
The initial evidence provided by the police remains confidential, and therefore it is unclear why the police have only now charged the man with a fire that occurred four months ago, according to TV2.
The Danish Public Security Directorate and police carried out a counter-terrorism operation last December, in which links with the banned gang (LTF) Loyal To Familia were also highlighted. It is unclear what role the gang played in the case and what its connection is to the accusation against a 21-year-old man of setting fire to the home of a Jewish woman. One possibility is that people associated with the gang environment provide criminal services to clients for money, but this remains just a theory at present within the police investigations, according to the source.
