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Man shot in the streets in Copenhagen suburb

A 34-year-old man was shot at least three times in his Brøndby Strand neighbourhood late on Wednesday.

Published: 26 November 2015 08:44 CET
Man shot in the streets in Copenhagen suburb
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A local man from the the southwestern Copenhagen suburb of Brøndby Strand was seriously injured after being shot near his home, police said. 
 
Copenhagen Vestegn Police said the shooting occurred in the a residential area.
 
“We received a report at 10.11pm that a person was shot in Brøndby Strand at Tybjergparken 77. The man lives in the area and was hit by several shots. He was in critical condition when we arrived,” police spokesman Peter Grønbæk told TV2, which reported that the man’s condition had been upgraded to stabile as of Thursday morning. 
 
Police on Thursday morning were questioning witnesses and did not release any additional information. 
 
Brøndby Municipality was recently declared the most violent area in all of Denmark. 

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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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