Police Arrest ‘Militant Islamists’ in Denmark Plot

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Danish and Swedish police arrested five “militant Islamists” suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Denmark targeting the newspaper which printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Danish police arrested four people near Copenhagen and confiscated a submachine gun with a silencer and ammunition, the PET, Denmark’s Security Intelligence Service, said today in an e-mail. Police also confiscated plastic strips that can be used as handcuffs.