CNN:

(CNN) — Danish authorities have arrested several people who allegedly were plotting a “terror-related assassination.” Government officials declined to say who the men planned to kill, but a Danish newspaper said the target was their cartoonist — one of 12 illustrators behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked rage in the Muslim world two years ago. Police in Denmark confirmed the arrests to CNN but did not want to provide details, saying that the intelligence service was handling the investigation. The Danish Security and Intelligence Service released a statement that said a counter-terrorism operation was carried out in the Arhus area of western Denmark about 4:30 a.m. local time Tuesday (10:30 p.m. Eastern time Monday) to prevent “a terror related assassination.” The statement did not say how many people were arrested, nor mention whether the cartoonist was targeted. A spokesman with the agency told CNN that more information may come later.