According to sources close to the Danish government and PET , the main suspects behind the attack were , until the proclamation made by Al-Qaeda , the Taliban . However , the Taliban denied having any role in the attack . If they had been those responsible for the attack , that would have made the second terrorist attack carried out by Taliban targeting Scandinavians ; the first being the attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul on 14 January , where a Norwegian delegation under Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre , which resided at the time of the attack , was allegedly the target . Nevertheless , this is the second terrorist attack where Scandinavians had been the target
attack on Serena Hotel
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad