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| Danish cartoons 'plotters' held | Danish cartoons 'plotters' held |
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| Danish police have arrested several people suspected of planning to attack a cartoonist who drew controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. | Danish police have arrested several people suspected of planning to attack a cartoonist who drew controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| Denmark's intelligence agency (Pet) said the arrests were made in the Aarhus region at 0430 (0330 GMT) "to prevent a murder linked to terrorism". | Denmark's intelligence agency (Pet) said the arrests were made in the Aarhus region at 0430 (0330 GMT) "to prevent a murder linked to terrorism". |
| The agency said the detentions were made "after lengthy surveillance". | The agency said the detentions were made "after lengthy surveillance". |
| The pictures in Denmark's biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked a worldwide furore. | The pictures in Denmark's biggest daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 sparked a worldwide furore. |
| Pet did not indicate how many people had been detained, nor their identities or nationalities. | Pet did not indicate how many people had been detained, nor their identities or nationalities. |
| The agency did not identify the target of the alleged plot, but the online edition of Jyllands-Posten said its cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, was the focus. | |
| The newspaper, based in Aarhus, said Mr Westergaard, 73, and his wife Gitte had been provided heavy police protection for the past three months. | |
| Mr Westergaard was one of 12 cartoonists behind the drawings which triggered a wave of violent protests. | |
| He drew what was considered the most controversial of the cartoons, featuring the head of Islam's holiest prophet with a turban depicting a bomb with a lit fuse. |