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Danish intelligence service arrests three over terror attack plans

The three are suspected of plotting a terror attack in Copenhagen.

Danish Intelligence Service head Jakob Scharf, right, and his Swedish colleague Lars Danielsson at a p
Danish Intelligence Service head Jakob Scharf, right, and his Swedish colleague Lars Danielsson at a p
Image: CHRISTENSEN MATHIAS/AP/Press Association Images

THREE PEOPLE HAVE been arrested in Denmark over a foiled terror attack attempt.

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service said the arrests were made at two separate addresses in Copenhagen. Those arrested have been provisionally charged with illegal possession of automatic weapons and ammunition after searches of a number of properties were conducted.

The police intelligence division (PET) suspect the three to be involved in plotting a terrorist attack but no further details have been released. They said that the threat has been averted as a result of the arrests.

The three people arrested include a 22-year-old from Jordan, a 23-year-old Turkish national and a 21-year-old Danish citizen who had been residing in Egypt. They are due to appear before a city court later today.

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  • Sooner or later one of these nutjobs will begin to realise that most mainland European countries have an intelligence service of some description and start to look for a country that is cutting back on its police service, one that actually closes its police stations. When they do come here, they’ll do their nutjob thing and make their nutjob excuses.
    Of course the other nutjobs in the Dáil who made the decisions to cut back the gardai and close the stations will have to share some of the blame…

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  • Imagine a pastry having an intelligence service…. What next??

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