Danish police said on Wednesday that they were investigating two blasts in the vicinity of Israel’s embassy in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen.
There were no injuries reported, police said in a statement.
“No one has been injured, and we are carrying out initial investigations at the scene,” Copenhagen police wrote on X, adding that “A possible connection to the Israeli embassy, located in the area, is being investigated.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the embassy was closed during the explosions and that all of its staff were fine, and no damage was caused to the building.
“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.
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.
A police spokesperson told reporters at the scene that it was too early to say how big the blasts had been.
Israel’s embassy, in a Facebook post, expressed shock over the explosions and said it had full confidence in the Danish police handling the investigation.
The incident came amid a significant uptick in antisemitic incidents in Denmark since October 7, when Hamas-led terrorists rampaged southern Israel, killing 1,200 and taking 251 hostages, mostly civilians, sparking the ongoing war in Gaza.
Carolineskolen, a Jewish school located near the embassy in the Danish capital, would stay closed on Wednesday due to its proximity to the crime scene, a spokesperson for the Jewish Community in Denmark told Reuters.
In February, Henri Goldstein, the head of the Danish Jewish community, told The Associated Press that the number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since October 7 had reached levels not seen since 1943.
“We have seen a violent escalation, not least fueled by the uncontrolled spread of hatred on social media,” Goldstein said, adding that in 2023, “all 121 incidents were Jew-hatred – and not ‘just criticism of Israel.’”
In September, a 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen and faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence.
The Danish Security and Intelligence Service warned at the time of an “intensified terrorist threat against Jewish and Israeli targets in Denmark, especially in light of the conflict in Israel and Gaza,” Borch Andersen, the head of the security agency, said.