'DANISH CARTOONS PLOTTERS HELD' !

Danish police have arrested several people suspected of planning an attack against one of the cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

Denmark's intelligence agency (Pet) said the arrests were made in the Aarhus region at 0430 (0330 GMT) "to prevent a murder linked to terrorism".

The agency did not indicate how many people were detained.

The pictures in Denmark's biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked a worldwide furore.
BBC NEWS REPORT.