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2 Convicted In Norway Of Plotting Terror Attack

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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Two men accused of plotting a terror attack against a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad have been found guilty of terror charges in Norway, the first convictions under the country’s anti-terror laws.

The Oslo district court sentenced alleged ringleader Mikael Davud to seven years in prison and co-defendant Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak to three and a half years.

A third defendant, David Jakobsen, was cleared of terror charges but convicted of helping the others acquire explosives.

Investigators say the plot was linked to the same al-Qaida planners behind thwarted attacks against the New York subway system and a British shopping mall in 2009.

By Salon Staff

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