Munir Awad

Munir Awad
Born1981 (age 4344)
Arrested2007
Somalia
Kenyan Army
Released2007
CitizenshipSweden
Detained at black sites
Charge(s)extrajudicial detention
Munir Awad
MotiveIslamist revenge over Muhammad cartoons
ConvictionsGuilty, June 2012
Criminal chargePlanning a terrorist attack in 2010
Penalty12 years in prison

Munir Awad (Arabic: منير عوض) is a Lebanon-born citizen of Sweden who was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Denmark. Munir Awad, and his fiancée were arrested in Kenya in 2007 when Ethiopian forces invaded Somalia and foreigners were detained as suspected terrorists. On December 29, 2010 Awad was arrested in Denmark and in 2012 was found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack in revenge for Jyllands-Posten's publication of Muhammad cartoons.