Denmark Arrests 9 Terror Plot Suspects (CBS / AP)

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/05/terror/main1965520.shtml

Denmark Arrests 9 Terror Plot Suspects
Nation On Alert Following Cartoon Protests, London Bombs, Iraq War

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 5, 2006

AP) Police in central Denmark early Tuesday arrested nine people suspected of plotting a terror attack after they allegedly acquired material to build explosives, the intelligence service said.

The sweep was carried out at 2 a.m. in Vollsmose, a mostly immigrant suburb west of Odense, Denmark's third-largest city.

Lars Findsen, the head of the Danish Security Intelligence Service, said the suspects "had acquired material ... to build explosives in connection with the preparation of a terror act."



It's been decades since Denmark was targeted by terrorists, but the Scandinavian nation has been on guard, particularly after months of protests of Muhammad cartoons. Above: Karachi, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP)


He said the suspects - both ethnic Danes and people with immigrant backgrounds aged between 18 and 33 - would face a custody hearing later Tuesday.

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