Fourteen arrested in Germany, Denmark over attack plots

(AFP) German and Danish authorities announced Thursday they had arrested 14 people over alleged attack plots, including three Syrian brothers … accused of planning an attack with several kilogrammes of explosive chemicals.

Denmark’s intelligence service PET announced a total of 14 people had been arrested, including one in Germany, during a targeted operation, focusing on the Copenhagen area.

Seven of the suspects arrested in Denmark had already been remanded in custody.

PET did not provide details of the suspects, but said in a statement that seven people had been remanded in custody for having “planned one or more terror attacks or having participated in attempted terror acts.”

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