Prosecutors filed a preliminary charge of terrorism on Monday against a Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The suspect, Muhudiin Mohamed Geele, 28, had faced a preliminary charge of attempted murder for breaking into the home of the cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, on Jan. 1. The prosecutor, Marian Thomsen, said investigators changed the preliminary charge to terrorism, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, after questioning the suspect over the weekend. Mr. Westergaard, 74, locked himself in a safe room and was not injured.

 

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