Terror Charges
Two Muslims remanded in Denmark
Afp, Copenhagen
Two of the nine men arrested by Danish police on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism were remanded in custody for four weeks, a Danish court said yesterdayJudge Ingrid Therkelsen ruled that five others arrested on Tuesday were to be detained for 72 hours, judging that police lacked sufficient evidence to hold the men longer.Two others who were arrested at the same time were released. The two facing a month's detention were charged with planning terrorist acts in the months "leading up to September 5 2006". The seven were aged 18 to 33 and arrested during a police raid overnight on Tuesday in the heavily immigrant-populated neighbourhood of Vollsmose in the town of Odense, central Denmark, after a lengthy period of surveillance. The closed hearing of the seven suspects lasted around 12 hours and ended at 0100 GMT on Wednesday. The identities of the detainees were not revealed, but all seven were Danish citizens, six of Palestinian or Iraqi origin. The seventh, an ethnic Dane, had converted to Islam. All were devout Muslims.
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