OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police arrested three men on Thursday suspected of planning an attack and having links to al Qaeda and people under investigation in the United States and Britain.The arrests were brought forward by fears details of the investigation would appear in public, police told Reuters.
"We were afraid evidence would be destroyed, because we knew that an international media organization was about to publish details of the case. That made it urgent to make the arrests," said Janne Kristiansen, head of the Police Security Service.
Kristiansen earlier told a news conference the three were arrested for "planning a terrorist strike.""We believe this group has had links to people abroad who can be linked to al Qaeda, and to people who are involved in investigations in other countries, among others the United States and Britain," she said.
No word yet in the intended target.
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