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Tue 03 Mar 2010Seven held over plot to kill cartoonist
Gardaí have arrested seven suspects in Waterford and Cork as part of an international investigation into an alleged plot to murder a cartoonist who drew images of the Prophet Muhammad.
The four men and three women - all of whom are foreign nationals – were arrested in a major search operation by Garda specialist units this morning.
The operation’s main focus was on Co Waterford, where three of the men and two of the women were arrested.
The Irish Times understands most of those arrested are from Algeria, Croatia, Libya, the United States and Palestinian, and that they are legally resident in Ireland.
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