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Three charged over plot to kill Swedish artist
Dec 6, 2011, 12:06 GMT
Stockholm - Three men were charged Tuesday on suspicion of planning to murder a Swedish artist who generated controversy and outrage with his 2007 depiction of the Muslim prophet Mohammed as a dog.
Prosecutor Agnetha Hilding-Qvarnstrom said the three were suspected of planning to kill Lars Vilks in September in Gothenburg, western Sweden.
The trio were arrested in September. Vilks has been under police protection following threats on his life.
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