https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Moroccan anti-terrorist court on Wednesday confirmed death sentences handed down against three men convicted of beheading two Scandinavian tourists last December, and sentenced a fourth man to be executed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191031/morocco-death-penalties-confirmed-for-killers-of-scandinavian-hikers Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:27:20 +0100 morocco-death-penalties-confirmed-for-killers-of-scandinavian-hikers An appeal opens Wednesday in the case of 24 men convicted over the beheadings of two young Scandinavian women on a hiking trip in Morocco's High Atlas mountains last December. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190828/convicts-appeal-in-morocco-case-of-murdered-danish-norwegian-hikers Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:26:24 +0200 convicts-appeal-in-morocco-case-of-murdered-danish-norwegian-hikers A Moroccan court on Thursday sentenced three suspected jihadists to death for the murders of two Scandinavian women beheaded while on a hiking trip in Morocco. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190718/denmark-norway-morocco-court-condemns-three-to-death-for-killing-scandinavian-hikers Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:05:41 +0200 denmark-norway-morocco-court-condemns-three-to-death-for-killing-scandinavian-hikers The mother of a Danish student beheaded along with another Scandinavian woman while hiking in Morocco's High Atlas mountains called Thursday for the suspected jihadist killers to face the death penalty as their trial neared its end. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190712/mother-of-murdered-danish-student-urges-death-sentences-in-morocco-trial Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:49:48 +0200 mother-of-murdered-danish-student-urges-death-sentences-in-morocco-trial Moroccan prosecutors on Thursday called for the death penalty for the three main jihadist suspects on trial for the brutal murder of two young Scandinavian hikers. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190628/morocco-seeks-death-penalty-for-suspects-accused-of-murdering-scandinavian-hikers Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:56:57 +0200 morocco-seeks-death-penalty-for-suspects-accused-of-murdering-scandinavian-hikers The alleged leader of a group of jihadists admitted killing one of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco, and accused his co-defendant of killing the other. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190530/trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco Thu, 30 May 2019 18:33:59 +0200 trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences linked to the appalling murder of two young Scandinavian hikers late last year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190430/trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-to-open-in-morocco Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:21:42 +0200 trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-to-open-in-morocco Four suspected jihadist sympathisers will face trial on May 2nd for the murder of two Scandinavian women in Morocco, a defence lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190423/suspects-to-face-trial-for-terrorist-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:49:26 +0200 suspects-to-face-trial-for-terrorist-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers A Moroccan court has sentenced a Swiss citizen arrested in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian hikers to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, his lawyer said Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190413/swiss-man-connected-to-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers-given-terrorism-sentence-in-morocco Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:38:56 +0200 swiss-man-connected-to-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers-given-terrorism-sentence-in-morocco Danish police on Thursday said they had launched prosecutions against 14 people suspected of sharing on social media the murder video of one of two young Scandinavian hikers killed in Morocco. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190307/danish-police-prosecute-14-for-sharing-morocco-hikers-murder-video Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:44:17 +0100 danish-police-prosecute-14-for-sharing-morocco-hikers-murder-video A Spanish-Swiss man accused of having ties to the alleged killers of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco told an anti-terror judge he was innocent at a hearing Monday, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190205/spanish-swiss-suspect-pleads-innocence-in-morocco-killings-of-scandinavian-hikers Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:35:47 +0100 spanish-swiss-suspect-pleads-innocence-in-morocco-killings-of-scandinavian-hikers Hundreds of mourners, including Denmark's prime minister, packed a small Danish church on Saturday for the funeral of a woman hiker murdered in Morocco's Atlas Mountains in December. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190112/danish-pm-joins-hundreds-at-funeral-for-dane-slain-in-morocco Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:54:23 +0100 danish-pm-joins-hundreds-at-funeral-for-dane-slain-in-morocco A dual Swiss-Spanish national arrested in connection with the murder of two Danish and Norwegian hikers in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains in December was receiving Swiss disability benefits for psychiatric problems, a Spanish newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190109/swiss-suspect-in-morocco-tourist-murders-had-psychiatric-problems-report Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:02:38 +0100 swiss-suspect-in-morocco-tourist-murders-had-psychiatric-problems-report Hundreds of people observed two minutes of silence on Monday in Norway in honour of two Scandinavian women hikers murdered in Morocco's Atlas Mountains in December. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190107/two-minutes-silence-in-norway-for-scandinavian-hikers-murdered-in-morocco Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:43:40 +0100 two-minutes-silence-in-norway-for-scandinavian-hikers-murdered-in-morocco A Swiss man living in Morocco was arrested in Marrakesh on Saturday, for alleged links to suspects in the recent murder of two female Scandinavian hikers, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181229/morocco-arrests-swiss-man-over-links-to-hiker-murder-suspects Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:19:57 +0100 morocco-arrests-swiss-man-over-links-to-hiker-murder-suspects Moroccan authorities said Thursday four suspects arrested following the murder of two young Scandinavian hikers in southern Morocco had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (Isis). https://www.thelocal.dk/20181221/morocco-says-suspects-in-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-pledged-allegiance-to-isis Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:18:33 +0100 morocco-says-suspects-in-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-pledged-allegiance-to-isis Danish security services are analysing a video thought to show the murder of one of two women hikers killed in Morocco by suspected extremists, authorities said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181220/denmark-analysing-suspected-video-of-morocco-murder-authorities Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:57:18 +0100 denmark-analysing-suspected-video-of-morocco-murder-authorities Moroccan authorities have arrested three fugitive suspects in the brutal murders of two Scandinavian hikers following an intensive manhunt, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181220/morocco-arrests-three-suspects-in-islamist-linked-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-source Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:29:36 +0100 morocco-arrests-three-suspects-in-islamist-linked-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-source Moroccan authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspect following the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas mountains, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181218/morocco-arrests-suspect-after-brutal-murder-of-danish-norwegian-women Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:16:42 +0100 morocco-arrests-suspect-after-brutal-murder-of-danish-norwegian-women