Copenhagen
An athlete was injured and other participants were frightened when three bombs were thrown onto a track during the World Outgames before a relay race. One was only a few feet from where a sleeping infant had been only moments before.
Outgames bombings
Says Outsports, “Danish police arrested a 31-year-old man caught after tossing the third bomb and charged him with a hate crime, according to Danish media. The suspect was carrying a backpack containing another half-dozen or so bombs . . . . The devices that exploded on the track were described as being powerful, about 9 inches in length, with a blue plastic covering and a fuse that was burning after it landed.”
Runner Dean Koga was brought to a hospital to have shrapnal removed from his hand. He resumed competing the next day.
During opening night ceremonies, three men from England, Sweden and Norway were attacked and later released from the hospital with minor injuries. Police arrested two men, both with criminal records, who were believed to be inebriated, the Advocate reports.
