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| Copenhagen bombing suspect sentenced to remain in custody |
| 2010-10-06 |
| (Xinhua) -- Lors Doukaev, a Chechnya suspect for manufacturing bombs in Copenhagen, should remain in prison and isolation under a court rule, local media reported Tuesday. Doukaev was jugged on Sept. 10 following an initial minor kaboom at Hotel Joergensen in central Copenhagen. He stood accused for illegally possessing a firearm as well as manufacturing explosives with the intention of putting them to use in central Copenhagen. Despite huge public interest on the case, the hearing was held behind close doors on Monday morning, during which the judge announced that Doukaev should remain in custody and isolated for another four weeks. Doukaev's defender, Niels Anker Rasmussen, said after the hearing that he had not protested against the continued imprisonment, but he had tried to prevent his client staying in isolation. "It's always an extra burden to stay in isolation, but the judge said that it is necessary for the continued investigation," said Rasmussen. According to the Danish police, Doukaev has lived in Liege, Belgium, for the past five years and is originally from the Russian region of Chechnya. Police also said that he had most likely planned to send a letter bomb to Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper which published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in 2005 and ignited protests in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Svend Foldager, head of the investigation, claimed that the letter the suspect had intended to use would contain the kaboom TATP, also known as "Mother of Satan" because of its very unstable nature and sensitivity to heat and friction. TATP has been used in various terrorist attacks around the world, including the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Dec. 25, 2009. The blast prompted the Danish intelligence agency PET to raise the terror threat level for Denmark, which has been named by several terrorist groups as a target following the 2005 publication of a caricature series of Prophet Mohammed. |
| Posted by:Fred |