http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/2012529121113769574.html
Two arrested in Denmark over 'terror plot'
One of two brothers suspected of having trained with al-Shabab as police say
arrests foiled "concrete act of terror".
Last Modified: 29 May 2012 14:41
Police had conducted searches at two separate addresses in Aarhus in connection
with the arrests [Al Jazeera]
Two Danish brothers of Somali origin have been arrested in Denmark on suspicion
of plotting a terror attack, police said.
The country's intelligence police issued a statement on Tuesday saying that the
arrests had foiled "a concrete act of terror".
The two brothers, aged 18 and 23, whose names were not given, were arrested on
Monday; one at his home in the city of Aarhus and the other as he arrived by
plane at Copenhagen airport, the statement said.
"The arrested are suspected of having been in the process of preparing an act
of terror, among other things through conversations about methods, targets and
the use of weapon types," it said.
"One of the arrested is also suspected of having undergone training,
instruction and teaching at an al-Shabab training camp in Somalia with the aim
of carrying out an act of terror."
Both men held Danish citizenship and had been living in the Aarhus area for the
past 16 years, police said, adding that they would go before a judge on Tuesday
to determine whether they would be remanded in custody.
Since the attack the brothers are suspected of planning was averted, PET said
there was no need to raise the terror threat level in Denmark, which is
nonetheless considered "serious".
The arrests came just over a month after Danish police arrested three people in
Copenhagen, also suspected of planning a "terrorist act".
They also came as four others remained on trial for allegedly plotting to
massacre the staff of a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, which first
published 12 controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in 2005 that
triggered violent and sometimes deadly protests around the world.
Jyllands-Posten and the cartoonist who drew the most controversial of the
caricatures, Kurt Westergaard, have been the targets of a string of attempted
and plotted attacks in recent years.
Source:
Agencies
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