Thursday, December 30, 2010

Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Images: Google Images

'Muhammad Cartoon Plotters' Charged in Denmark Court

BBC: Three men have been charged in a Danish court with attempting to carry out an act of terrorism.

They were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the offices of a newspaper which printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

A fourth man has been released while a fifth, arrested in Sweden, is still being held in Stockholm.

The three men were remanded in custody for four weeks by a court in Glostrup, west of Copenhagen.

For the first two weeks they will be held in isolation, according to Lykke Soerensen, who heads the legal department of Danish intelligence agency PET.

She told the TV2 channel that isolation was necessary because of concerns that the three men might try to "affect the investigation and affect the witnesses". >>> | Thursday, December 30, 2010