22 Arrested For Attack On Hells Angels

Tue., Oct. 15, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Police investigating a deadly grenade attack on a Hells Angels compound detained 22 members of the rival Bandidos gang on Monday.

The bikers were grabbed in raids on five clubhouses and some private residences.

The Bandidos and Hells Angels have fought a 2-1/2-year feud in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in which at least nine people have died and nearly 50 have been injured.

Criminal Inspector Kurt Jensen said Monday’s raids were part of an investigation into the Oct. 6 attack in which an anti-tank grenade was fired into the Hells Angels compound in Copenhagen, killing two and injuring 19.

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