Shots were reported to have been fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, after Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles into Israel.
Meanwhile police in neighbouring Denmark were said to be investigating the cause of multiple explosions that occurred outside the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen just hours later, although neither incident on October 1 was said to have resulted in casualties.
According to a report in Swedish daily Aftonbladet, the Stockholm shooting was believed to have occurred while the Israeli ambassador was away at a public event, with police confirming they had found evidence the embassy facility itself had been “hit by bullets.”
A firearm was later found nearby by authorities, although there are no reports that arrests have been made.
In Denmark, police said they were investigating the cause of the explosions that occurred outside the embassy in Copenhagen, with authorities not having ruled out the possibility they were some form of attack.
“It is clear that the Israeli embassy is in the immediate vicinity and that is naturally also an angle that we look at,” Reuters reported a police spokesman as saying.
Tel Aviv’s foreign ministry has confirmed to The Times of Israel that the Danish embassy was closed at the time of the incident.
“We are shocked by the explosions near the Embassy earlier today. We have full confidence in the Danish police in their handling of the case and the further investigation,” a statement published by the embassy on Facebook read.
Haim Regev, the head of Israel’s Mission to the European Union and NATO, has warned that Europe will “pay the price” should Israel fail to defend its interests in the Middle East. https://t.co/g04Vo1QHQO
— Brussels Signal (@brusselssignal) October 1, 2024
