BBC: Danish police have arrested eight people with alleged links to al-Qaeda on suspicion of planning a bomb attack.
The eight suspects arrested late on Monday in Copenhagen form part of a terror cell with links to a senior al-Qaeda figure, police said.
The suspects, aged between 19 and 29, were of Afghan, Pakistani, Somali and Turkish origin, police said.
Denmark's contribution to the US-led military campaign in Iraq has prompted fears that terrorists may target it.
The country also drew anger from Muslims worldwide after a Danish newspaper last year printed cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Denmark arrests ‘bomb’ suspects (more)
Mark Alexander
