COPENHAGEN, Oct 21: Two men who were secretly filmed mixing the type of explosive used in the 2005 London transit bombing were convicted on Tuesday of preparing a terrorist attack.

Hammad Khurshid, a Danish citizen of Pakistani origin, and Abdoulghani Tokhi, an Afghan, were sentenced to 12 and seven years in prison, respectively.

They were arrested in an anti-terror sweep last year after Danish agents filmed them conducting a small test blast with triacetone triperoxide, which was used by the suicide bombers who killed 52 British commuters.

During the trial, prosecutors said Khuershid had links to an Al Qaeda operative. They said it was not clear whether Khuershid and Tokhi were preparing an attack in Denmark or abroad.—AP