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Updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:03 am TWN, AP

Swedish newspapers publish Prophet Muhammad cartoon

STOCKHOLM -- At least three Swedish newspapers have published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body after an alleged plot to murder the artist was unveiled in Ireland.

The drawing was published Wednesday in Stockholm papers Dagens Nyheter and Expressen and the Malmo daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet.

Sydsvenska Dagbladet says it printed the controversial drawing as part of its news coverage of the alleged plot to kill its creator, Lars Vilks. Expressen says it printed it for its news value and to take a stance for the freedom of speech.

Irish police on Tuesday detained four men and three women in an alleged plot to kill the Swedish artist, who had received death threats from extremists after his drawing was first published in 2007.

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	Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks talks to the media after appearing in a TV show in Stockholm yesterday. Irish police arrested seven people on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder the Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. (Reuters) Enlarge Photo

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