Charges after planned attack

THREE men suspected of planning a deadly attack on a Danish newspaper appeared yesterday before a court which charged them with an attempted act of terrorism and possession of weapons, officials said.

Police detained four men in Denmark and one in Sweden on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting an assault on offices of Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.

The three — one Tunisian and two Swedish citizens — pleaded not guilty to the charges, Lykke Sorensen, an official of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service PET, told reporters at Glostrup courthouse.