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Seven tonnes stolen: Truck likely to have been in use

Here, thieves – probably using a truck with a crane – have stolen five tonnes of alloy wheels, 1600 kilos of copper cables and 600 kilos of lead.

– I have to admit that I was somewhat shaken. It’s the biggest break-in we’ve had in the time I’ve been running a product trade here in Bindslev. In fact, we have been spared burglaries of this type all these years, says a still shaken Dorte Andersen, who feels completely knocked out by the burglary.

In fact, there have only been two burglaries in the past – one in the office and one many years ago where a car drove straight through the fence to the product area, but nothing was stolen.

– He was caught in the act because someone drove past on the road and saw it. When the office was broken into, the thieves ran off with a cash register, but it was nowhere near as bad as this, says the owner of the produce store.

As soon as she discovered the break-in, she placed things around the square so that thieves cannot get around the square with larger vehicles.

Dorte Andersen – like the copper cables and lead – bought the many aluminum rims as scrap and stored them in a container.

She is in doubt as to whether the thieves had a truck inside the site, or whether they drove to and from the site several times during the night to Monday.

On the other hand, Dorte Andersen is sure that these are thieves who knew what they were after.

– They have gone after what is most valuable. They have taken the expensive copper cables and left the aluminum cables. In fact, it could easily be someone I’ve seen before, because they’ve definitely been in here to snoop around. It’s a bit creepy, I’m very affected by it, says the owner of the produce store, who estimates the stolen value at around DKK 100,000.

Dorte Andersen is now installing video surveillance on the site.
Photo: Lars Pauli

Immediately after she discovered the break-in and reported it to the police, she installed a surveillance camera that could monitor the place where she stores her metals. And now potential thieves need to beware.

– I am in the process of installing a definite video surveillance of the entire site.

In addition to dealing in scrap metal, Dorte Andersen also deals in so-called utility iron: h-beams, profiled iron, flat iron and other types of iron for use by blacksmiths and in the iron industry.

The thieves knew what they were after.
Photo: Lars Pauli

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Belgium – Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib said the European Union should speak “with one voice” on the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories.

This came in a statement to reporters on Monday, ahead of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in the Belgian capital, Brussels.

Asked about the International Court of Justice’s opinion that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal and must end immediately, Lahbib said: “The European Union must have one voice.”

She stressed the need to follow the decision of the International Court of Justice.

“We cannot just stand up for the rule of law and democracy,” she added. “This is the decision of the International Court of Justice, and we must abide by it.”

On Friday, the International Court of Justice held a public session in The Hague regarding the request of the United Nations General Assembly for the Court to issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

The International Court of Justice said that “the continued presence of the State of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal,” stressing that the Palestinians have the right to self-determination, and that “Israeli settlements in the occupied territories must be evacuated.”

Anatolia

“My heart grieves for the victims of the heinous attack on October 7 and I urge once again the release of those still held hostage,” the 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church said in his “Urbi et orbi” (“To the City and the World”) address. – I am asking for an end to the military operations, during which innocent civilians are being horribly killed, and I am calling for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation by opening the way for the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Almost three months after the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, according to the United Nations, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic, with 85 percent residents were forced to leave their homes.

The war began when Hamas militants broke through the militarized Gaza border on October 7 and attacked southern Israeli communities, killing about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 hostages, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli intelligence.

According to Israeli authorities, Palestinian militants have also kidnapped about 250 people, 129 of whom remain in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has vowed to crush Hamas and has launched a retaliatory military campaign in the Gaza Strip, including heavy aerial bombardment, which has killed at least 20,424 people, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian Territory.

Israel controls access to the Gaza Strip, and aid flows into it from Egypt. Last week, Israel allowed aid to flow through the Kerem Shalom crossing, but it is not enough to meet the needs of the devastated area.

The Pope also called for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “through sincere and persistent dialogue between the parties, supported by strong political will and the support of the international community.”

On Sunday, Pope Francis called for peace in the Holy Land on the occasion of Christmas.

“Tonight our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once again rejected because of the fruitless logic of war, because of the arms race that still prevents him from finding a place in the world today,” the Pope said.

In his Christmas address on Monday, he condemned the arms industry and hostilities around the world.

“If a man whose heart is unstable and wounded is given the tools of death, sooner or later he will use them.” And how can we talk about peace if the production, sale and distribution of weapons is growing?”, the Pope told thousands of believers gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

Peace to Ukraine

Over 1.3 billion In his speech, the Catholic leader also mentioned the conflicts in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, saying that he prays “for the speedy recovery of political and social stability”.

Francis also said he was praying for peace in Ukraine, which for the first time celebrates Christmas on December 25, abandoning the traditional Russian Orthodox date of January 7.

“Let us renew our spiritual and human closeness to the people who suffer, so that with the support of each one of us, they feel the concreteness of God’s love,” he said.

The pontiff also called for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have been embroiled in a territorial conflict for decades, saying: “Let it be achieved through humanitarian initiatives, the safe return of displaced persons to their homes, and respect for the religious traditions and places of worship of each community.”

Francis also referred to “conflicts affecting the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, as well as Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.”

He expressed hope that tensions on the Korean Peninsula would be resolved when “paths of dialogue and reconciliation are opened that can create the conditions for lasting peace.”

The Argentinian pontiff dedicated his last words to the American continent, urging “all people of good will to find appropriate solutions to overcome social and political disagreements, fight forms of poverty that violate human dignity, eliminate inequality and address the painful phenomenon of migration.”