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| Terror trial begins in Copenhagen |
| 2008-08-13 |
| The trial of two men accused of planning a bomb attack began in a Copenhagen court on Monday. Two men of Pakistani and Afghan background are alleged to have produced a bomb using the same kind of explosives that were used in the London bombings in 2005. Both men have pleaded not guilty, but admitted making triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, saying it was to be used for fireworks. The prosecutor in the so-called 'Glasvej' case presented video evidence from the Danish Intelligence Service (PET) to the court. The video was secretly filmed inside the home of one of the young men, after PET was tipped off in May last year that the man had attended a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. The video shows the 22-year-old Pakistani man sitting on the floor of his apartment, allegedly mixing chemicals and singing about martyrdom. TV2 news reports that the police were able to recover deleted photographs from a mobile phone, which show him in the company of people holding automatic weapons, mortars and missiles. Other footage showed the men leaving the room, followed by the noise of an explosion off camera. Prosecutor Lone Damgaard said that the accused were testing TAPT in a residential area of Copenhagen on 1 September last year, three days before they were arrested. Neither man can be named due to a court order. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 Both men have pleaded not guilty, but admitted making triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, saying it was to be used for fireworks. Heh. Blow your ass to hell and back fireworks, maybe. Still I give them credit for not using the traditional Muslim "we're too stupid to do that" defense. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-13 09:23 |