Denmark Arrests Three People Suspected of Terrorism Planning

  • One more person arrested in Netherlands amid foreign ties
  • Danish intelligence service warns of rising terrorism threat
Flemming Drejer, operational chief at the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, right, during a news conference in Copenhagen on Dec. 14.Photographer: Martin Sylvest/AFP/Getty Images
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Denmark’s police arrested three people on suspicion of preparing a terrorism attack, while a fourth was detained in the Netherlands.

Danish police and its intelligence agency made the arrests early on Thursday as part of a “coordinated action at different locations in Denmark,” according to a statement. The people weren’t identified nor was the target of the possible attack.