What is a common instigator of biker on biker violence? What happened in 1996 in Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden, and Finland) that escalated the violence? How was the violence quelled?

What will be an ideal response?


Major outlaw clubs will not tolerate the establishment of a chapter of a rival club in an area they view as "their territory." In 1996, this intolerance reached a new level of violence in Scandinavia because they were able to get stolen and former Soviet bloc weapons—high-caliber machine guns, hand grenades, and antitank missiles. Following a biker party in Copenhagen, Hell's Angels and Bandidos embarked on warfare with these heavy weapons, killing and injuring innocent civilians as well. A peace deal was brokered by Hell's Angels and Bandidos leaders in the US, with a public handshake on TV, and the two clubs dividing up territory in Scandinavia.

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