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Denmark Charges 3 Men for Buying Drones for IS

Associated Press

   COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Danish prosecutors have charged three men under
   Denmark's anti-terror laws on suspicion of buying drones and components
   with the purpose of delivering them to the Islamic State group in Syria
   and Iraq where they were to be used "in combat actions."
   Prosecutor Kristian Kirk says the three men, aged 30, "deliberately and
   systematically obtained lots of small parts and components, which
   together could have become powerful weapons for terrorists."

   Kirk says "it may sound like shopping lists for a hobby project [but]
   it is dead serious."

   He said Friday that the men -- two of them Danish citizens -- bought
   "hobby planes, drones and thermal cameras as well as components, tools
   and accessories" in Denmark between 2013 and 2017.
   A trial is scheduled in September in Copenhagen.