Blekingegadebanden 2 by Peter Øvig Knudsen

Peter Øvig Knudsen's 'Blekingegadebanden 2', published in 2007, is the second installment of the author's monumental trilogy on Denmark's most talked-about terror case. The book continues the detailed account of how a group of left-radical activists carried out a series of armed robberies and bomb attacks during the 1970s and 1980s to finance the PFLP's (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) armed struggle.

While the first volume focused on the group's formation and early activities, this book delves deeper into the group's criminal actions and the complex motives behind them. Knudsen draws on extensive research, interviews and archival material to portray both the spectacular robberies and the bomb attacks, including one targeting the American airline Northwest Orient.

The book offers a nuanced portrait of the people behind the crimes - their ideological convictions, internal dynamics, and the double lives they led as apparently ordinary citizens. Knudsen's thorough journalistic work sheds light on a period in Danish history when political radicalization led to concrete acts of terrorism on Danish soil.

'Blekingegadebanden 2' is essential reading for anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the case that shook Denmark.