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| Tunisian held over plot to kill cartoonist quits Denmark |
| 2008-08-24 |
| One of two Tunisians held in Denmark pending expulsion for his role in an alleged plot to kill a cartoonist who satirized the Prophet Mohammad has left Denmark of his own will, Danish police said Friday. "I can confirm that he has left Denmark and he did it voluntarily," deputy national police commissioner Hans-Viggo Jensen told AFP. The man, a Danish resident whose identity was not disclosed, is one of two men arrested on February 12 on suspicion of planning to murder Kurt Westergaard. Westergaard, 73, is one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Muslim prophet were first published in a Danish newspaper in September 2005, sparking worldwide controversy. The two Tunisians have remained in custody pending their government-ordered expulsion, a measure recommended by the Danish intelligence agency PET which considers them a threat to national security, without their guilt being established in a trial. The two men have protested without avail their extended detention without trial in the Danish court system. Their case went as high as the Supreme Court, which ordered the lower courts to reconsider their previous findings, this time reflecting on whether it was likely they had actually been planning to kill Westergaard. The lower courts maintained their rulings, and the pair said on July 29 that they would again appeal to the Supreme Court. Jensen said the Tunisian who left Denmark did so of his own free will and was not escorted by police. He would not say when the man left the Scandinavian country, nor his destination. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Probably. On the other hand, if he didn't keep his garden tidy... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-24 23:27 |
| #1 If he'd been plotting to murder someone for any other reason, would he have been allowed to walk free? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2008-08-24 08:14 |