OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's state security police detained three people on Thursday suspected of financing terrorist activities abroad, the police said.
The three were arrested at various addresses in Oslo withthe support of Norway's economic crime unit and Oslo's districtpolice, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) said in astatement.
The PST, which is responsible for national security, didnot identify the suspects or the terrorist activity it believesthey have supported.
It said in the statement that it would not comment furtherbefore it asked an Oslo court to let it hold one or more of thesuspects in custody pending further investigation.
In Sweden, security services said they had taken threeSwedish citizens into custody on suspicion of planning acts ofterror and of financing terrorism. It was not clear whether thecases were connected.
Norway's PST said in its threat assessment for 2008 earlierthis month that the threat of terrorism in Norway was low, butthat it had indications some people were providing support toextremist Islamic organisations abroad.
(Reporting by John Acher; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)
