Girl, 16, charged with planning to blow up Denmark Jewish school

Danish prosecutors say a 16-year-old girl who was arrested in January was planning bomb attacks against a Jewish school in Copenhagen and another school in Denmark.

Prosecutors present the preliminary charges against her and a 24-year-old man suspected of being her accomplice in a court hearing in Holbaek, northwest of the Danish capital.

Prosecutor Kristian Kirk tells The Associated Press after the hearing that the suspects obtained chemicals and tried to produce explosives with the intent to commit terror attacks against the two schools.

He says police thwarted their plans by arresting them. He declines to give other details.

The suspects, who were not identified, deny the charges. The court extends their pre-trial detention until March 30.

— AP

