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The Nordic Biker War was a gang war that began in January 1994 and continued until September 1997 in parts of Scandinavia and Finland, involving the Hells Angels and Bandidos outlaw motorcycle clubs. The conflict is also known as the Great Nordic Biker War or Second Biker War ( Danish : anden rockerkrig ) to distinguish it from the earlier ...
On 6 October 1996, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the headquarters of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Copenhagen, Denmark, killing two people and injuring nineteen others. A prospective member of the rival Bandidos Motorcycle Club was convicted of perpetrating the attack, which occurred during the Nordic Biker War (1994–97).
Biker gangs had taken advantage of a government policy of subsidizing clubhouses of any hobbyist or special interest group with a membership of five or more. Motorcycle gang headquarters, many of which were situated in residential areas, received subsidies from this program and, following the Copenhagen Airport incident, these clubhouses became ...
Per Michael "Joe" Ljunggren (22 March 1962 – 17 July 1995) [1] was a Swedish outlaw biker and gangster who served as the first national president of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club in Sweden. Ljunggren was a central figure in the Nordic Biker War , in which the Bandidos feuded with the Hells Angels .
Famous torrent site RARBG has shut down, blaming a variety of traumatic factors that have left its staff unable to work. The site will be going offline after two “difficult” years, staff said ...
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) B. 1996 Burundian coup d'état; C. ... 1996 Nigerien coup d'état; Nordic Biker War; O. Operation Grapes ...
Irene Bækkevold became the tenth person and the second innocent bystander to be killed as a result of the biker war. The resulting backlash from the public and increasing scrutiny on motorcycle gangs from law enforcement were among the factors that led to the end of the war, which officially ceased when the Bandidos and Hells Angels reached a ...
A Bandidos member in Denmark. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is classified as a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in numerous countries. While the club has denied being a criminal organization, Bandidos members have been convicted of partaking in criminal enterprises including theft, extortion, prostitution, drug trafficking and murder in various host nations.