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Woman ‘executed’ by ex-husband: police

Police suspect that the man who shot his ex-wife in broad daylight in a Copenhagen suburb did so with the full intention of killing her.

Published: 10 July 2014 22:21 CEST
Woman 'executed' by ex-husband: police
The woman was shot in Hvidore Butikstorv on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Ole Mik/Scanpix
Thursday afternoon’s fatal shooting of a 28-year-old woman was an “execution” by her ex-husband, police say. 
 
The woman was shot in a public square in the Copenhagen suburb of Hvidore. 
 
“It was a violent episode. To my mind, it is a definitive execution when you fire so many shots. Then you are more are less certain that the person in question is going to die,” police spokesman Carsten Johanson told Danmarks Radio. 
 
According to the police, the woman had numerous gun shot wounds to her chest. She died shortly after the incident. 
 
Police arrested the woman’s 33-year-old ex-husband roughly three hours after the shooting. Police also found what they believe was the murder weapon. 
 
According to DR, authorities will carry out an autopsy on Friday to discover how many times the woman was shot.
 
The suspect is due to face preliminary questioning on Friday. 
 
Both the victim and the suspect are subscribed as being Turkish Danes. They have one child together. 

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Five residents at Denmark’s Kærshovedgård expulsion centre convicted in drugs case

Five residents of Denmark’s Kærshovedgård Departure Centre have been convicted on serious drugs charges.

Published: 19 September 2024 11:42 CEST
Five residents at Denmark’s Kærshovedgård expulsion centre convicted in drugs case

Four men and one woman resident from Kærshovedgård were found guilty in a major drugs case at Herning District Court on Thursday.

The men were each sentenced to eight years in prison, while the woman received a five-year sentence, regional media TV Midtvest reported.

Court proceedings in the extensive case have been ongoing since January, with more court days required than initially planned.

Police used wiretaps and other methods to gather evidence in the case, according to TV Midtvest.

Central and West Jutland Police announced last summer that more than half a million kroner in cash had been seized during the arrests.

Located 13 kilometres from Ikast in Jutland, the Kærshovedgård facility is one of two deportation centres in Denmark used to house rejected male and female asylum seekers who have not agreed to voluntary return, as well as persons with so-called ‘tolerated stay’ (tålt ophold) status.

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The residents do not have permission to reside in Denmark but many cannot be forcibly deported because Denmark has no diplomatic relations or return agreements with their home countries.

Kærshovedgård houses people who have not committed crimes but have no legal right to stay in Denmark, for example due to a rejected asylum claim; as well as foreign nationals with criminal records who have served their sentences but are awaiting deportation.

It first became prominent in the mid-2010s, when it received criticism for imposing conditions that could lead to mental illnesses in residents.

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