Jyllands-Posten
Terror suspects arrive on April 13. 2012 in a police car at the Glostrup courthouse in Copenhagen for their trial over a suspected plot to massacre the staff of a newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The four men -- three Swedish nationals and one Tunisian resident of Sweden -- were arrested in December 2010 on suspicion of planning to attack the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The four, charged with 'attempted terrorism' over what prosecutors say was a plot to 'kill a large number of people' at the Jyllands-Posten daily's offices in Copenhagen, pleaded not guilty on April 13.
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Denmark has seen an increase in threats since the publications of the cartoons in 2005, and there have been several terrorist plots, mainly against Jyllands-Posten. Whether it is that pattern or whether it is connected to Osama Bin Laden's death is impossible to tell based on the information that is available.
Our assessment is that their plan was to try to get access to the Jyllands-Posten building and carry out a Mumbai-style attack
This is a very serious case. We believe they wanted to attack the (Copenhagen) newsroom of the Jyllands-Posten daily, possibly because of the Muhammad cartoonsMore quotes »
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