COPENHAGEN (Rooters) - Danish police on Tuesday arrested eight young Muslims they said were plotting a terrorist attack and had ties to al Qaeda. "These are militant Islamists with connections to high-ranking members of al Qaeda," Jakob Scharf, director of the Danish police's Security Intelligence Service, told a news conference in Copenhagen.
| "Our investigation has shown that some of the suspects had acquired materials to make explosives." |
The Muslims, who ranged from 19 to 29 years old, came from Afghan, Pakistani, Somali and Turkish backgrounds. Six were Danish citizens, Scharf said. He added that the eight suspects had been arrested under Denmark's anti-terrorism laws passed after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.