Denmark remands six in custody after foiled terror attack

Police have not given any details about the target of the alleged plot but said there was no direct link to the arrest of four suspected Hamas members in Germany

Danish media say the arrests were linked to the organised crime gang Loyal to Familia, which is banned in Denmark

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A police officer stands in front of the court in Frederiksberg, as Danish police made a large operation that resulted in three people being arrested and, according to Danish media, will be charged for violating criminal law’s provision on terrorism. Photo: Reuters

Published: 5:27pm, 15 Dec 2023

Danish prosecution authorities said on Friday that six people had been remanded in custody overnight after a police swoop they said prevented a terror attack.

Police have not given any details about the target of the alleged plot but said late Thursday that there was no direct link to the arrest the same day of four suspected Hamas members in Germany accused of preparing an attack against Jewish targets in Europe.

Israel said on Thursday that the suspects in Denmark were acting “on behalf of Hamas”, which has not been confirmed by Danish authorities.

“Six people were remanded in custody overnight until January 9 – four of them in absentia. One person has been released,” the Danish prosecution service wrote on X, without providing further details.

Chief police inspector and operational chief of intelligence service PET, Flemming Drejer (right) and senior police inspector and head of emergency services of Copenhagen Police, Peter Dahl hold a press briefing on coordinated police action. Photo: AFP

Suspects can be remanded in custody in absentia to obtain an international arrest warrant, which suggests the four may be abroad.

The proceedings were held behind closed doors and no details of the case have been made public.

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