Denmark: Police arrest man suspected of planning imminent Islamic terror attack
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) and Copenhagen police on Thursday announced the arrest of man who is suspected of having planned to carry out terrorist attacks. During a press conference, Chief Police Inspector Jørgen Bergen Skov from the Copenhagen Police said that a “coordinated police action” was conducted in Copenhagen on Thursday which allowed security forces to foil a “terror attack with an Islamic motive.”
Police in Denmark prevented a terror attack that was said to have “a militant Islamic motive,” authorities confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
Danish police on Thursday arrested a man who is suspected of planning a terrorist attack, the chief of Copenhagen’s police force Jorgen Bergen Skov said in a joint press conference with the operative head of Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (PET) Flemming Drejer.
“He is suspected of attempting to obtain firearms and ammunition to carry out a terrorist operation somewhere,” Bergen Skov said, declining to provide details about the location of the planned attack.
“You must have no doubt that PET’s efforts have led to the prevention of a terrorist attack,” he said. Drejer added the man was planning “one of several attacks” and that police believe he was acting alone. The man had “a militant Islamic motive.”
Both Dreyer and Bergen Skov said the incident was not related to a case in December where Danish authorities arrested around 20 people suspected of having ties to Islamic terrorism.
The suspect will face a pre-trial custody hearing on Friday, Bergen Skov said. “In our opinion, the person acted alone and planned one or more actions, inspired by militant Islamism,” said Drejer.
“It is worrying that there are people with the capacity and desire to commit terrorism in Denmark. We do our utmost to uncover these trades, protect you and keep Denmark safe,” the PET chief concluded.
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