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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Bikers Get Heave-Ho From Neighborhoods

Compiled From Wire Services

Parliament voted to ban biker clubhouses from residential neighborhoods Thursday, four days after a grenade attack on the Hells Angels headquarters killed two people.

The law is scheduled to take effect next week.

A 2-1/2-year feud between the Oakland, Calif.-based Hells Angels and the Corpus Christi, Texas-based Bandidos gangs in the Nordic countries has left nine people dead and injured nearly 50.

On Sunday, an anti-tank grenade was fired into a Hells Angels compound in Copenhagen where about 150 people were attending a party.

Copenhagen’s mayor ordered the Hells Angels to vacate their fortresslike headquarters last month, but they refused. The gang rents its building from the city under a law providing low-cost leases to clubs and civic organizations.