The detained are suspected of providing paraphernalia for explosives and attempts to procure firearms.

At an action on Wednesday, about 20 people in most of the country has been arrested for obtaining paraphernalia to manufacture explosives and attempts to procure firearms.

Several of them are accused of terrorism, informs chefpolitiinspektør Jørgen Bergen Forest at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

- We've got fat in all of them, we were looking for. Thus there is no on the loose, says chefpolitiinspektøren.

By the action of the police has most of the country also searched about 20 addresses.

the Background of the action is a suspicion that a terrorist attack by a militant islamist motive was being prepared.

Seven of the country's 12 police districts were involved in Wednesday's action. In addition to Copenhagen, is it about Copenhagen's Perform, the Middle - and west zealand, Funen, Middle - and west Jutland, east Jutland and north Jutland.

the Operative head of the PET Flemming Is telling that the new terrorsag do not change the terrorist threat in Denmark, which remains serious.

- It doesn't change the terrorist threat against Denmark, which remains serious, " he says in a short press conference and adds:

- We must not let ourselves be deterred by terror. We must live our lives normally.

Several of those arrested will on Thursday be manufactured in the grundlovsforhør, where prosecutors will ask that the doors be closed.

/ritzau/