Denmark extends border controls amid tensions over Quran burning
(VOVWORLD) - Denmark has extended its tighter border control measures by a week against escalating security threats following a series of Quran burning incidents in recent months in the country, the justice ministry said Wednesday.
 Protests against the burning of the Quran in Denmark (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
The ministry said that national police “has found it necessary to maintain the temporarily intensified efforts at the internal Danish borders,” based on recommendation from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET).
Initially introduced on August 3 for a week, the random border controls with Sweden and Germany will now remain in effect until Aug. 17.
This measure comes after a series of incidents in which copies of the holy book of Islam were either burned or desecrated by anti-Islam protestors in both Denmark and Sweden over the past few months.
Last week, Sweden also announced having intensified border controls over similar security concerns.