Possible terror link between Britain and Denmark

Danish police are investigating a possible link between a group of young Muslims arrested in Denmark in a terror probe and three people detained in a similar case in Britain, an official said today.

Seven suspects were arrested last month in Denmark on suspicion of belonging to or helping a network planning a terror attack in Europe.

“All relevant events and investigations are being considered in the (Danish) investigation and that’s why the arrests in Britain are part of our consideration,” police spokesman Sten Skovgaard Larsen said in a statement.

“At the present time I cannot confirm whether there is a connection,” he added.

On November 4, three men suspected of involvement in terrorism appeared in a London court, charged with terrorist fund-raising and conspiracy to murder.

Danish police have confirmed their investigation was linked to a raid in Bosnia, where local police arrested a Swede and a Turk on suspicion of preparing terrorist activities.

Skovgaard Larsen confirmed that Danish investigators had travelled to Sarajevo to interview Cesur Abdulkadir, the Turkish national who had a residence permit in Denmark.

“We’re in close dialogue with the authorities in Sarajevo,” he said.

London’s Metropolitan Police declined to say whether they had sent detectives to Sarajevo to investigate possible links between the suspect there and the British plot.