Denmark charges three for planning terrorist attack

• Danish prosecutors charged two men and one woman with obtaining guns and chemicals for explosives.
• The trio was among 14 people arrested in Denmark and Germany in February 2021.
• The case will be heard at the Holbaek court for 30 days beginning August 24.

Danish prosecutors charged two men and one woman  with obtaining guns and chemicals for explosives believed to be intended for a “terrorist attack.”

According to Denmark’s Prosecution Service, the three suspects, two men aged 34 and 36, and a woman aged 31, were from the Holbaek area west of Copenhagen.

The trio was among 14 people arrested in Denmark and Germany during a sting operation conducted by Danish and German authorities in February 2021, which they claimed foiled a potential Islamist attack.

“The three individuals had acquired several operational weapons and ammunition,” prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said in a statement.

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“In addition, they acquired chemicals and materials that enabled them to manufacture explosives that we believe would be used in a terror attack,” she added.

According to Danish media reports, the two men are brothers from Syria, while the woman, who is of Iraqi origin, is married to one of the men.

Prosecutors said they were not sure what the target of the plot was, only that they believed the explosives were intented to be used “at an unknown location in either Denmark or abroad.”

The three people — who were also charged with financing terror activities and aiding a person connected to the Islamic State group — were arrested on February 6, 2021 and have been in custody since.

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Prosecutors also demanded that the defendants be deported if convicted and that the woman, who holds dual citizenship, be stripped of her Danish citizenship.

The case will be heard at the Holbaek court for 30 days beginning August 24, according to the prosecution service.