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Seven people have been remanded in custody for a further 72 hours in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
The suspects were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday.
They are accused of hatching a plot to kill Lars Vilks over a cartoon he drew depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.
And the strangest part of this story -
Meanwhile US authorities announced they have charged a Philadelphia woman with plotting to kill Mr Vilks.
The woman, Colleen LaRose - who described herself online as "Jihad Jane" - was arrested in Philadelphia in October 2009.
Unconfirmed reports say she travelled to Ireland in September and met several of the suspects who have been arrested there.
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Mind you, Lars Vilks isn't exactly going to sit still and be a target -
Mr Vilks, who was temporarily moved to a secret location, told the Associated Press this week that he had built himself his own defence system, including a "safe room" and a barbed-wire sculpture that could electrocute potential intruders.
"If something happens, I know exactly what to do," he said.
You couldn't make this stuff up could you!