Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Dung Danish

Cooked up courtesy of the Boston Globe:

"Trio accused of terrorism plot in Denmark" April 28, 2012

 LONDON - Danish authorities said Friday that they had arrested three men accused of planning a terrorist operation and of illegal possession of firearms.

The Danish intelligence agency, PET, said the men, seized at two locations, were a 22-year-old Jordanian citizen and a 23-year-old Turkish national, both living in Denmark; and a 21-year-old Dane, who lives in Egypt. The men are to appear in court Saturday to determine whether they will remain in custody.

The agency gave no further details and did not specify the target or nature of the alleged operation. A Danish tabloid newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, said in its online edition that police seized three cars in the Copenhagen suburb of Herlev and other police operations were observed by witnesses in the Valby neighborhood.

The intelligence agency said in a statement that the men had automatic weapons and ammunition when they were arrested and were “suspected of having been in the process of preparing a terrorist act.’’ Investigations would “establish whether possible terror threats have been addressed and averted by the arrests.’’

Officials at the intelligence agency declined to say whether the arrests were linked to a trial of four men on charges of plotting a shooting spree in late 2010 at a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

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