Eight al-Qaida Suspects Arrested In Denmark: Jihad Hits Copenhagen

"Danish al-Qaida Connection: Eight Terror Suspects Held in Copenhagen" from Der Spiegel reports that Danish police arrested eight suspected al-Qaida terrorists - six of whom are Danish citizens - who allegedly were planning an attack on the capital, according to the Danish intelligence service, PET. 

According to PET head Jakob Sharf, six of the suspects are Danish citizens and two are foreigners. "With the arrests, we have prevented a terror attack," Sharf told reporters. "Those arrested are militant Islamists with a connection to a leading al-Qaida person."

The suspects are of Afghan, Pakistani, Somali and Turkish origin and range in age from 19 to 29. Sharf said they were "producing an unstable explosive in a densely populated area" and that authorities had waited until they had gathered enough evidence before moving forward with the detentions.

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