Two detentions coincide with arrests in Germany, the place three individuals allegedly linked to Hamas have been detained.
Denmark is holding two individuals in custody and focusing on 4 extra in an investigation which will have ties to others throughout Europe which can be linked to Hamas.
The 2 suspects detained have been ordered to stay in pretrial detention till January 9, prosecutor Anders Larsson mentioned on Friday. The arrests coincide with detentions in Germany allegedly linked to Hamas and within the Netherlands.
The Danish Safety and Intelligence Service introduced on Thursday the arrests of three individuals on suspicion of plotting to hold out “an act of terror”. Larsson revealed that one was launched after a nightlong custody listening to at a Copenhagen courtroom.
The prosecutor didn’t say whether or not the launched individual was nonetheless thought of a suspect. The whereabouts of the opposite 4 suspects is unknown.
‘Hamas infrastructure on European soil’
Larsson additionally didn’t specify whether or not there’s a Hamas hyperlink within the Danish arrests. Nonetheless, there have been robust recommendations that they could be related.
After the arrests on Thursday, Israel’s Mossad spy company mentioned Denmark had uncovered “Hamas infrastructure on European soil”, in line with a press release from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace.
“It’s, after all, in relation to Israel and Gaza, fully unacceptable for somebody to deliver a battle elsewhere on the earth into Danish society,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen instructed the Ritzau information company the identical day.
Danish police mentioned they’d enhance their public presence within the coming days, particularly in Copenhagen and round Jewish localities.
Prosecutors have mentioned it’s unclear whether or not the arrest of Dutch nationwide Nazih R within the Netherlands is linked to the Hamas investigation in Germany, the place Lebanon-born Abdelhamid al-A and Ibrahim el-R and Egyptian nationwide Mohamed B have been detained.
German prosecutors alleged that the three detainees have been tasked with discovering a beforehand established underground Hamas weapons cache in Europe. They added: “The weapons have been on account of be taken to Berlin and stored in a state of readiness in view of potential terrorist assaults towards Jewish establishments in Europe.”
“Following the horrible assaults by Hamas on the Israeli inhabitants, assaults on Jews in Jewish establishments have additionally elevated in our nation in current weeks,” German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann mentioned in a press release.
“We should, due to this fact, do all the things we will to make sure that Jews in our nation wouldn’t have to concern for his or her security once more,” he added.
This month, the European Union’s residence affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, additionally warned that Europe confronted a “big danger of terrorist assaults” over the Christmas vacation interval through the Israel-Hamas warfare.
Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri instructed the Reuters information company: “We deny there are members of Hamas detained in Denmark, Germany or some other European nation.”
“Publishing these allegations goals to affect the mass rallies which can be supportive of Palestine in Europe.”
