Home / Section: Controversies
Charges dropped in Westergaard assassination plot
Danish prosecutors have dropped charges against one of the Muslim men that were arrested for planning the assassination of Kurt Westergaard, one of the infamous Mohammed cartoonists, due to lack of evidence.
Reuters quotes the prosecutor as saying:
“Even though there is information of a connection between the 40-year-old and the planners of the plot to murder Kurt Westergaard, it is not possible to submit sufficient evidence in court that he took part in the planning”,” prosecutor Elsemette Casoe said, according to Danish news agency Ritzau.”
Tools
Related Stories
- Plot to kill “Mohammed cartoonist” foiled
- News Briefs for August 26, 2008
- Tunisian nationals appeal to Supreme Court
- Kurt Westergaard will not go to Jordan
- Tunisian suspects held in custody
- Westergaard says he’s ready for trial
- Westergaard wants to auction off Muhammad cartoon; nobody wants to do it
- Kurt Westergaard honored with press freedom award
- Washington Post: Maybe we shouldn’t have pulled Candorville
- Portsmouth Herald comic survey results posted
© 2005 - 2008 The Daily Cartoonist. 
Community Comments
No comments yet.
Join the discussion!
PLEASE NOTE: Please use your first AND last name when posting a comment. Please refrain from swearing. It's one of the rules that I enforce strictly. Thanks.