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"These people could be inspired by militant Islamism," the chief
of operations in the Danish intelligence service, Flemming
Dreyer, told a press briefing on Friday.
"We have found the ingredients and parts needed to make a bomb,"
Dreyer added.
The arrests followed a joint Danish-German law enforcement
operation. Danish police said a statement late on Thursday they
believed "there are individuals with the intent and capacity to
commit terrorist attacks in Denmark".
An Islamic State flag, a pump gun, a hunting rifle and ignition
devices for explosives were among the items found in searches.
Seven of those arrested in Denmark have been charged with
committing or aiding in attacks after allegedly acquiring
materials and components for manufacturing explosives and
firearms. Police did not say what the charges were for the other
six people arrested nor for the person arrested in Germany.
German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Thursday that three
Syrian brothers were among those arrested, after German
authorities had been alerted to an internet purchase of five
kilos of sulphur and five kilos of aluminium powder.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard;
Editing by Alison Williams, John Stonestreet and Frances Kerry)
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