COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish prosecutors said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrest of three suspects on suspicion of planning to carry out “terrorist acts” in Denmark last month is linked to Hamas, according to local media. Announced. report.
The case has been shrouded in secrecy, with few details revealed so far.
“According to the police, the investigation has given us information that this incident has links to Hamas,” prosecutor Anders Larsson said during a detention hearing at the Court of Appeal, according to broadcaster TV2. . “That information no longer needs to be kept secret.”
Larson did not provide further details.
On December 14, Danish police announced that three people had been arrested across Denmark and a fourth person was detained in the Netherlands. The incident coincided with the arrest of several alleged Hamas members in the Netherlands and Germany.
Announcements for Denmark and Germany were released separately. It is unclear how the arrests are related or whether they are the result of coordinated actions or a single continent-wide operation.
The Danish incident was shrouded in secrecy.
Larson spoke inside the building that houses the Eastern Superior Court. The court was scheduled to decide on an appeal on whether the three should be remanded in custody.
Last month, authorities in Copenhagen gave no details other than to say the arrests had “foreign links” and were “linked to a criminal organization”, pointing to the royal family who have been behind years of feuds, violence, robbery and extortion. He named a gang called Tu Familia. Drug sales in the Danish capital.
However, on December 14, Flemming Drejer, director general of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, cryptically said that police had a “special focus” on Jewish organizations. He added that the arrests were made in “cooperation with foreign partners” and that those arrested were part of a “network.”
People arrested in Denmark cannot be identified based on Danish court orders.
German authorities also announced the arrest of three suspected members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas who were planning attacks on Jewish facilities in Europe.
Authorities claimed the men were “long-time members of Hamas and had participated in Hamas activities abroad.” They said the suspect had “close ties to the military leadership” of Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
Dutch police announced that a 57-year-old Dutch man was arrested in the city of Rotterdam at the request of German authorities.
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