Plot Against Newspaper Foiled, Says Intelligence Service
December 30 2010
Denmark
The Danish intelligence service says it has arrested four people planning an "imminent" terrorist attack against a newspaper that printed controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad several years ago, the Voice of America News reports.
The suspects, described as "militant Islamists," planned to enter the Jyllands-Posten newspaper's Copenhagen building and kill as many people as possible, said Jakob Scharf, the head of the Danish security and intelligence service (known as...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days