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This is an archive article published on May 30, 2012

2 Danish brothers held for terror plot

One of them had been to a training camp in Somalia run by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab,the agency said.

Two Danish brothers originally from Somalia were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack,Denmarks security service said Tuesday.

The two brothers,ages 18 and 23,were arrested Monday,one in the western city of Aarhus and the other as he arrived by plane at Copenhagens international airport,said the Danish Security and Intelligence Service,or PET.

The men were suspected of being in the process of preparing an act of terror after they were overheard talking about methods,targets and different weapons types,PET said. One of them had been to a training camp in Somalia run by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab,the agency said.

 

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