Denmark: 8 arrested for financing Kurdish group

Published September 18, 2012 1:47pm ET



COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Eight Kurdish men were arrested around Copenhagen on Tuesday, suspected of financially supporting a Kurdish organization considered a terrorist group.

Investigator Jens Moeller Jensen says 140 million kroner ($24.6 million) has been shipped from Denmark to the PPK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.

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