Blekingegade Gang

The Blekinge Street Gang
Dates of operation1972–1989
MotivesFinancing of the PFLP
Active regionsDenmark
Sweden
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Mao Zedong Thought
Major actionsRobbery, theft, forgery, murder
StatusDisbanded in 1989.
Size5–10

The Blekinge Street Gang (Danish: Blekingegadebanden) was a Danish far-left criminal group. Between December 1972 and May 1989, they committed robberies and sent the money to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. One police officer was killed by the group during exchange of gunfire during their final robbery in 1988. The 1989 discovery of a large cache of their weapons and explosives in a hideout on Blekingegade ("Blekinge Street") gave the gang its press name. The gang referred to themselves as the inner core of three organizations named KAK, KUF and KA/M-KA.