Denmark police arrest eight for financing PKK

18 September 2012, 16:43 (GMT+05:00)

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Danish police said on Tuesday that they have arrested eight people suspected of financially supporting the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Today`s Zaman reported

Investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said a total of 140 million kroner ($24.6 million) were shipped from Denmark to the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the European Union.

He said some 67 million kroner ($11.8 million) were raised in the past three years alone among Kurds in Denmark.

Tuesday's arrest is linked to a court a case where a Kurdish-language TV station broadcasting from Europe was found guilty of breaching Denmark's anti-terror laws.