Two men were convicted by a Norwegian court on Monday for planning to attack a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, according to media reports.
Mikael Davud, a Norwegian of ethnic Uyghur origin with links to al-Qaeda, was sentenced to seven years in prison, reported the Aftenposten newspaper. The judge said he had planned the attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in tandem with al-Qaeda operatives.
The verdict reads that Davud “planned to acquire at least 10 liters (2.6 gallons) of 30 percent hydrogen peroxide, so that he could make explosives with a core charge of at least 5.3 kilograms (11.6 pounds) of TNT,” according to the Dagbladet newspaper.
Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurd, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his role in the plot, reported both newspapers.
Bujak was convicted of “having planned or prepared for a terrorist act by entering into alliance with someone about to commit such an act” that falls under Norway’s new anti-terrorism legislation that was recently drafted, according to the Dagbladet.
Another man on trial, David Jakobsen, was acquitted of all terror charges. However, he was convicted of helping the other men to get explosives, saying that he purchased chemical hydrogen peroxide from a pharmacy. Later he alerted the Police Security Service in Norway in 2009, according to the BBC.
All three men had denied charges that they were plotting to attack the Danish newspaper.
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