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October 28, 2005
Denmark: Four Muslims Arrested on Terror Charges
Four young Muslim men, aged 16 to 20, have been arrested in Copenhagen on suspicion of planning a European suicide attack, states the BBC
The young men, whose identity has not been revealed, will be held in custody until 16 November while investigations continue. The arrests are linked to an inquiry in the Balkans, in which arrests were made and a large explosives cache was discovered.
The four Muslims were detained on Thursday morning, reports Haaretz. Police spokesman Joen Bro (pictured) gave few details of the Balkans arrests, but Bosnian police last week announced that it had arrested three people in Sarajevo. Police said they had found explosives, firearms and military equipment in an arrest from October 19-20.
The Bosnians had arrested a Turkish man, a Swedish national and a Bosnian. Sarajevo's Dnevni Avaz newspaper stated that one of the suspects was an 18-year old who was preparing a suicide bomb attack against the Sarajevo embassy of a European Union country.
The Danish suspects were ordered to be detained at a hearing in Glostrup, a Copenhagen suburb. Police said that in raids on the suspects' homes in Copenhagen and its suburbs, they took computers, discs, radical Muslim literature, cellular phones and $32,4000-worth of Danish kroner in cash. 25 people were detained, but only the four current suspects were arrested.
In September, a Moroccan-born Danish Muslim was charged with inciting Muslims to a holy war, becoming the first person to be charged under Denmarks's 2002 anti-terrorism law. These laws make it illegal to incite terrorist acts or to give advice to terrorists, and have penalties of up to six years imprisonment.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at October 28, 2005 5:00 AM
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