Denmark holds 'Muhammad cartoon plotters'
Denmark holds 'Muhammad cartoon plotters' Police said they had been trailing the suspects for several months Continue reading the main story Related stories What the Muhammad cartoons portray Arrests in Norway 'al-Qaeda' plot Sweden's lucky escape from bomber Five suspected Islamist militants have been arrested for planning a gun attack at the Copenhagen offices of a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, police say. The men intended to burst into the Jyllands-Posten office and kill as many people as possible, officials said. Justice Minister Lars Barfoed said the "outrageous" plot was "the most serious attempt at terror so far in Denmark". Four suspects were held in Denmark and the fifth was detained in Sweden. Denmark's security agency Pet said the suspects included two Swedish residents with Tunisian backgrounds, one Lebanon-born Swede, and an Iraqi. The other was described only as Swedish. Earlie...