- COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A Chechen-born man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for preparing a letter bomb that exploded in a Copenhagen hotel last September.
The Copenhagen City Court said Lors Doukayev, a 25-year-old citizen and resident of Belgium, will be expelled from Denmark after serving his term.
No one was injured when the bomb exploded in a hotel bathroom on Sept. 10 except Doukayev, who received cuts to his face. Investigators believe it exploded by mistake and he intended to send it to a Danish newspaper that has run a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
Tuesday’s sentencing came a day after Doukayev was convicted of attempted terrorism and illegal weapons possession.

