Denmark foils Muhammad cartoons murder plot, arrests suspects

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Suite aux caricatures portant atteinte au Prophète Mohammed,
une association se plaint à l’Ambassadeur du Danemark en Algérie

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Tunisian suspect in cartoonist murder plot to remain in Denmark

October 22, 2008 -- A Tunisian national suspected of planning the murder of a Danish cartoonist was released on Monday (October 20th) after he was given permission to stay in Denmark, AP reported. The Refugee Appeals Board decided that the man would not be deported to Tunisia. The suspect was arrested along with another Tunisian in February for allegedly plotting the murder of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. The alleged target created a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, prompting massive protests from Muslims worldwide.

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Danish police shoot man trying to enter Mohammed cartoonist's home: media

COPENHAGEN, January 2, 2010 — Danish police late Friday shot and wounded a man trying to enter the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed, Danish media reported. The Danish cartoonist, who has received several death threats since a Danish newspaper four years ago published his drawing featuring Mohammed wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb, was at home in Viby near the western city of Aarhus when the 27-year-old and two others tried to get in, daily Politiken reported online.

Guards repulsed the three intruders as security alarms were set off, and the wounded man was hospitalised. Denmark's Ritzau news agency said a dozen police vehicles were at the scene while sappers were sent in to look for a bomb that might have been laid. Contacted by AFP, Jutland police confirmed an incident near the home of the 74-year-old cartoonist but refused to give details pending the release of a statement later.

Westergaard is one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Muslim prophet were first published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, sparking controversy among Muslims worldwide. The 12 cartoons were considered offensive by many Muslims and their publication sparked violent protests worldwide in January and February 2006. Demonstrators burned Danish flags in protests that culminated in February 2006 with the torching of Danish diplomatic offices in Damascus and Beirut and dozens of deaths in Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan.

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