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10/03/2010
Gardaí Arrests Over Cartoonist Death Plot
Seven people have been detained in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Cartoonist Lars Vilks had depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper.
Islamic militants then put a $100,000 (£67,000) bounty on his head.
Irish police said the seven suspects were arrested after an investigation that also involved police in the US and other European countries.
The four men and three women are all Muslim, according to media reports with the suspects ranging in age from their mid-20s to late-40s.
An official police statement said Gardaí in Waterford and Cork conducted a number of searches and arrested four men and three women.
"The operation, which was supported by members from National Support Services and the Special Detective Unit, is part of an investigation into a conspiracy to murder an individual in another jurisdiction," said a spokesman.
"Throughout the investigation An Garda Síochána has been working closely with law enforcement agencies in the United States and in a number of European countries.
"The men and women arrested range in age from mid 20s to late 40s and are detained under Section 50 of Criminal Justice Act 2007 at Waterford, Tramore, Dungarvan and Thomastown Garda Stations," the police spokesman concluded
(BMcc)
Cartoonist Lars Vilks had depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper.
Islamic militants then put a $100,000 (£67,000) bounty on his head.
Irish police said the seven suspects were arrested after an investigation that also involved police in the US and other European countries.
The four men and three women are all Muslim, according to media reports with the suspects ranging in age from their mid-20s to late-40s.
An official police statement said Gardaí in Waterford and Cork conducted a number of searches and arrested four men and three women.
"The operation, which was supported by members from National Support Services and the Special Detective Unit, is part of an investigation into a conspiracy to murder an individual in another jurisdiction," said a spokesman.
"Throughout the investigation An Garda Síochána has been working closely with law enforcement agencies in the United States and in a number of European countries.
"The men and women arrested range in age from mid 20s to late 40s and are detained under Section 50 of Criminal Justice Act 2007 at Waterford, Tramore, Dungarvan and Thomastown Garda Stations," the police spokesman concluded
(BMcc)
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