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German kidnapped in Nablus BBC screens Prophet cartoons Nablus: Foreigners hunted down 'A conspiracy against Islam' 'No one will draw the Prophet' 'Blasphemous' cartoons printed Cartoons cause cleric uproar

Nablus - Gunmen in the West Bank briefly detained a German national on Thursday amid the Muslim furore over the publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in European newspapers, a militant group said.

Two masked gunmen seized the German from a hotel in the Palestinian town of Nablus "thinking he was French or Danish, and handed him over to police after realising their mistake", said a source with Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

"The two men were acting to protest over the cartoons," he said.

Earlier, two armed groups - including Al-Aqsa - threatened to target Danes, French and Norwegians in the Palestinian territories after cartoons deemed offensive to Prophet Muhammad were published in their countries.

- AFP

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