Charges dropped against one of three men in Prophet cartoon murder plot

Charges have been dropped against a Danish citizen of Moroccan origin in a suspected plot to kill one of the 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad ignited violent protests across the Muslim world, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 40-year-old was arrested Feb. 12 with two Tunisian men in Aarhus, western Denmark, on charges of planning the murder. The Danish-Moroccan was released the same day after questioning, while the two Tunisians, ages 25 and 26, remain in police custody. All their names have been withheld. National prosecutor Elsemette Cassoee said the police investigation against the 40-year-old did not produce sufficient evidence to support the charges of him being involved in a plot to kill 73-year-old cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. "It would not be possible in trial to present enough evidence of the... [read full story]