Rockerkrieg in Skandinavien
Der Rockerkrieg in Skandinavien war ein Konflikt in der skandinavischen Rockerszene von 1994 bis 1997, der sich hauptsächlich zwischen den den Hells Angels und den Bandidos abspielte. Jedoch waren auch der Outlaws MC undein paar kleinere Supporter-Clubs ebenfalls involviert. Hauptschauplätze waren Kopenhagen in [Dänemark]], Helsinki in Finnland, Oslo in Norwegen, sowie Helsingborg und Malmö in Schweden.[1]
Vorgeschichte
An Neujahr 1980 wurde von Jørn "Jønke" Nielsen ein Charter der Hells Angels in Kopenhagen, Dänemark gegründet. Der Club bekämpfte und besiegte von 1980 bis 1987 den Bullshit MC. 1984 gründete sich der Morticians MC. Bis 1990 breiteten sich verschiedene Motorcycle-Clubs in Skandinavien aus. 1992 eskalierte ein Konflikt zwischen den Hells Angels und dem Morticians MC, die bis dato freundschaftlich verbunden waren. Die Morticians gaben sich den neuen Namen Undertakers MC und wurden Verbündete des internationalen Clubs Bandidos, die in Europa bisher nur in Marseille, Frankreich vertreten waren. 1993 wurden die Undertakers zum MC Denmark. 1994 versuchten die Hells Angels zu verhindern, dass sich der Morbids MC in Schweden zu einem großen Club und damit zu einem Rivalen entwickelt. Die Morbids wandten sich an die Bandidos und wurden Verbündete. In Norwegen freundete sich der Outlaws MC mit den Bandidos an. Die Streitigkeiten eskalierten schließlich um die Kontrolle des Drogenmarktes in Skandinavien, insbesondere in Kopenhagen und der dortigen Freistadt Christiania. [2]
The war
The first incident was a shooting at the clubhouse of Morbids MC, on 26 January 1994 in Helsingborg, Sweden, but no one was injured or killed. In February 1994, there was a shoot-out between Hells Angels and Bandidos members in the same city, resulting in the death of Joakim Boman, a Hells Angels member. Just days later, an anti-tank rocket was fired at the Hells Angels clubhouse. On 22 June 1994, the president of Klan MC, an ally of the Bandidos in Finland, was shot dead by the Hells Angels and on 19 February 1995, the war reached Norway as a shoot-out in Oslo between the Hells Angels and Bandidos ended in one biker being wounded.
Michael "Joe" Ljunggren, the president of Bandidos MC Sweden, was assassinated on 17 July 1995 and the Bandidos retaliated by firing anti-tank rockets at the clubhouses of Hells Angels prospect clubs in Helsinki, Finland and Helsingborg, Sweden nine days later. Two Bandidos members were later sentenced, Kai Tapio Blom was given six years imprisonment and Antti Tauno Tapani was given four years. When Bandidos MC Finland's president arrived at a Helsinki court house for the trial of Blom and Tapani, he was attacked and beaten by Hells Angels members. A Hells Angels-owned tattoo parlour in Helsinki was later destroyed in retaliation.
On Christmas Day 1995, two Hells Angels members were beaten up by Bandidos at a nightclub in Copenhagen, signalling the beginning of the war in Denmark. In January 1996, there were a series of bombings in Norway, Hells Angels prospect club, Screwdrivers MC's clubhouse in Hamar and the Hells Angels' clubhouse in Oslo were the targets. A Hells Angels-owned bar in Helsinki, Finland was also bombed a month later. On 1 March 1996, the Hells Angels attacked the Bandidos' Helsinki clubhouse where two Bandidos members suffered gunshot wounds. Jarkko Kokko, the vice-president of Bandidos MC Finland and one of the men shot, died sixteen days later in hospital from his wounds. Two Hells Angels prospects were later arrested for the murder, Ilkka Ukkonen was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison and Jussi Penttinen was given six years.
On 10 March 1996, there were twin attacks on Bandidos members at airports in Denmark and Norway; at Fornebu airport in Oslo, several Bandidos were wounded and at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen, Bandidos who were returning from a weekend in Helsinki were shot, three wounded and one, Uffe Larsen, was killed.[3] Six Hells Angels members and associates were arrested and sentenced to a total of 53 years in prison, and one was given a life sentence.[4] In April and May 1996, there was another series of bombings as the Hells Angels clubhouses in Helsingborg, Sweden and southern Denmark were attacked and the clubhouse of a Hells Angels prospect club, Avengers MC, was also attacked in Aalborg, Denmark.
Jan "Face" Krogh Jensen, a Bandidos member, was shot and killed in Drammen, Norway on 15 July 1996 and Hells Angels supporter was shot six days later in Oslo. Two Hells Angels were also shot and wounded that month in Malmö, Sweden and at Jyderup prison in Denmark. On 28 August, the vice-president of Hells Angels MC Sweden was shot and wounded in Helsingborg.
In October 1996, there were three attacks on Hells Angels clubhouses; on the 3rd, an explosion in Malmö wounded twelve innocent bystanders and three days later, an anti-tank rocket was fired at a clubhouse in Copenhagen during a party. Hells Angel member Louis Linde Nielsen and guest Janne Krohn were both killed. Bandidos prospect Niels Poulsen was convicted of carrying out the attacks and sentenced to life in prison.[5] On the 30th, a car bomb exploded outside the Hells Angels clubhouse in Oslo. Toward the end of 1996, there were shootings of Bandidos members in Horsens and Aalborg in Denmark.
At the beginning of 1997, Hells Angel Kim Thrysöe Svendsen was murdered in Aalborg and the president of the Outlaws, Thore "Henki" Holm, and a French member were shot and wounded by a member of Untouchables MC, a Hells Angels ally. Bandido footsoldiers were also shot in Amager and Køge in Denmark. The Bandidos responded by ordering shootings on Hells Angels members and allies in Frederiksberg.
On 4 June 1997, a car bomb exploded outside a Bandidos clubhouse in Drammen, Norway, killing Irene Astrid Bækkevold, a civilian passing by in her car. A Hells Angels member was finally convicted of the bombing in 2002. Three days later, Björn Gudmandsen was killed and three other Bandidos were wounded after a shooting in Liseleje, Denmark. Hells Angel member Vagn Smith was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The last incident happened on 11 April when the Bandidos clubhouse in Dalby, Denmark was bombed.
The war ended on 25 September 1997 as "Big" Jim Tinndahn, the president of all of the Bandidos' European chapters, shook hands with Hells Angels Europe president Bent "Blondie" Nielsen in front of Danish TV news cameras.[6]
Aftermath
By the end of the war, 11 murders and 74 attempted murders had been committed and 96 people were wounded. Both clubs signed a treaty saying that no more chapters would be opened up in Scandinavia but both sides had already broken the treaty by the end of the 1990s.Vorlage:Fact In Denmark, a law that banned motorcycle clubs from owning or renting property for their club activities was passed. The law has subsequently been repealed on constitutional grounds.[7]
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers' Empire of Crime. Randomhouse.ca, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Angels go Global. History.ca, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ The Danish Biker Wars. Dinosmc.com, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Airport Attack Leaves One Biker Dead. Findarticles.com, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Biker Sentenced To Life For Grenade Attack. Highbeam.com, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Danish Bikers Call Truce In Deadly Feud. Independent.co.uk, 26. September 1997, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
- ↑ Biker Wars In the Land of 'The Little Mermaid'. New York Times, 6. Mai 1996, abgerufen am 5. Oktober 2011.
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