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Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud

Police confirm suspects fled in white car after Sunday afternoon attack in residential area

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Polis på plats vid brottsplatsen. Foto: Danmarks Radio

What this story says

  • Three men were injured in a shooting in Holbæk, Denmark, on Sunday afternoon, with no life-threatening injuries reported.
  • Police suspect the incident is linked to a criminal gang feud and are searching for suspects who fled in a white car.
  • The left-rated reports emphasised the gang-related motive, while the right-rated digests led on the suspects' escape and the search for the vehicle.
  • None of the centre-rated digests mentioned the witness account of a masked gunman exiting a moving car.

Who covered it

Left 26%(9)Centre 20%(7)Right 54%(19)

Percentages are shares of the 35 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 26 of the 61 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

78/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

15/100

61 sources · methodology

On 9 August 2026, three men were injured in a shooting in Holbæk, a town 70 kilometres west of Copenhagen. The incident occurred in a residential area on Sunday afternoon. Police reported that none of the injuries were life-threatening.

Midt- og Vestsjællands Police confirmed that the suspects fled the scene in a white car. Authorities believe the shooting is connected to a feud within the criminal underworld. A witness told Ekstra Bladet that a masked man exited a moving white car and fired shots.

Police are searching for the vehicle and have requested videos or photographs from the public. One man was later arrested after crashing into another car while pursuing the suspects, though his role in the incident remains under investigation.

What the coverage left out

None of the centre-rated or right-rated digests mentioned the witness account of a masked gunman exiting a moving car. The mayor’s statement condemning the incident was included only in SVT Nyheter’s full report and omitted from all digests.

Tags:#DenmarkShooting#GangViolence#HolbaekIncident#PoliceInvestigation#EuropeanCrime

Coverage settled. We checked this 7 times and stopped on 15 Aug 2026, 00:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

9 rated outlets

  • The three left-rated digests led on the gang-related motive. SVT Nyheter, the only left-rated outlet with a full report, quoted police stating the shooting "has its roots in a conflict within the criminal environment" and included the witness account of a masked gunman. DR and Zeit Online’s digests also carried the police assessment of a criminal feud.
  • SVT Nyheter’s report included a quote from Holbæk’s mayor, Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, who wrote on Facebook: "I cannot describe how angry I am that hardened criminals endanger the safety of others."

Centre

7 rated outlets

  • The four centre-rated digests focused on the police response and the suspected gang link. Deutsche Welle’s digest stated police believed the incident was a "settling of scores within criminal networks." Yle and stern.de’s digests also mentioned the gang feud, while Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija’s digest did not specify the motive.
  • None of the centre-rated digests included the witness account of the masked gunman or the mayor’s statement.

Right

19 rated outlets

  • The nine right-rated digests led on the suspects’ escape and the police search for the white car. Le Figaro’s digest noted police deployed at "several points in Holbæk," while Times of India’s digest specified the police response time as 3:45 PM. Gulf News and Protothema’s digests described the incident as a "suspected underworld shooting" or "settling of scores."
  • Jyllands-Posten and berlingske.dk’s digests explicitly mentioned the search for the white car. None of the right-rated digests included the witness account or the mayor’s statement.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud?
Of the 35 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 26% are rated left, 20% are rated centre, 54% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 61. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 35 rated outlets on this story, 26% are rated left, 20% are rated centre, 54% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud biased?
Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud is one event reported by 61 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Three injured in Holbæk shooting linked to Danish gang feud?
61 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How many people were injured in the Holbæk shooting?
Three men were injured in the shooting in Holbæk, Denmark, on 9 August 2026. Police confirmed none of the injuries were life-threatening, as reported by Midt- og Vestsjællands Police and carried by all outlets.
What do police believe caused the shooting?
Police suspect the shooting is linked to a feud within the criminal underworld. This assessment was reported by Midt- og Vestsjællands Police and included in digests from outlets across the political spectrum.
Which outlets included the witness account of the shooting?
The witness account of a masked gunman exiting a moving car was included only in SVT Nyheter’s full report. None of the digests from centre-rated or right-rated outlets mentioned it.

Read it at the source

61 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

19
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Not rated

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