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Denmark convicts men in bomb plot | Denmark convicts men in bomb plot |
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A court in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, has found three men guilty of planning bomb attacks. | A court in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, has found three men guilty of planning bomb attacks. |
Mohammed Zaher, Abdallah Andersen and Ahmad Khaldhahi were part of a group of four men arrested after a raid in the city of Odense last year. | |
Chemicals used to make explosives were found at one of the men's homes, the court heard. The men had also been recorded discussing targets to attack. | |
The fourth man, Riad Anwar Daabas, was acquitted by the court. | |
Denmark's military contribution to the US-led campaign in Iraq has prompted fears it could be targeted by militants. | |
Last year, the country was also the focus of worldwide protests by Muslims, who were angered by a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. | |
Two men were arrested near Copenhagen in September on suspicion of planning terror attacks. | |
Charges denied | |
Two of the three men convicted on Friday are Danish citizens. | |
The third, Ahmad Khaldhahi, is an Iraqi Kurd, the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
The men were charged with acquiring chemicals and equipment used to make triacetone triperoxide (TATP) - an explosive compound used in the 2005 London bombings. | |
The evidence against them included a bottle containing a small amount of TATP, found at one of the suspects' homes, and surveillance recordings in which the men are apparently heard discussing targets for possible attack. | |
The men had denied the charges and said they were joking when discussing the targets, the AP news agency says. |