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Several Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing after alleged plot to murder artist

March 10, 2010 |THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 file photo, Lars Vilks speaks in an interview with the Associated Press in Klippan, Sweden. Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. The alleged target of the murder conspiracy, Swedish artist Lars Vilks, told The Associated Press he believed that the Irish arrests are linked to two telephone death threats he received in January over one of his drawings published in a Swedish newspaper in August 2007. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John McConnico, File) -

In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 file photo, Lars Vilks speaks in an interview with the Associated Press in Klippan, Sweden. Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. The alleged target of the murder conspiracy, Swedish artist Lars Vilks, told The Associated Press he believed that the Irish arrests are linked to two telephone death threats he received in January over one of his drawings published in a Swedish newspaper in August 2007. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John McConnico, File)

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - 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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