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Swedish newspapers reprint Mohammed cartoon

By Andrew Ward in Stockholm

Published: March 10 2010 22:37 | Last updated: March 10 2010 22:37

Leading Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog after the foiling of an alleged plot to kill the artist responsible for the drawing.

Seven people were detained in Ireland on Tuesday in connection with the alleged plan to murder Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist who has been under threat from Islamic extremists since his caricature of Mohammed was first published in 2007.

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