Mikael Davud (born 24 April 1971) is a Chinese-Norwegian Al-Qaeda operative convicted for conspiracy to commit terror against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, along with co-conspirator Shawan Bujak.
[2] As part of the investigation of a suspected terror plot revealed in 2010, Davud was reportedly subjected to the "full arsenal of surveillance" of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST).
[4] After cooperation with US and British intelligence, Davud was thought to be the leader of a Norwegian Al-Qaeda cell,[2] with connections to the terror network responsible for the 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot.
[4][9] Considered the ringleader, he was convicted to seven years in prison by the Oslo District Court for conspiracy to commit terror by plotting to bomb the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and/or shoot cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
[10] His accomplice Shawan Bujak was sentenced to three and a half years, while the third suspect David Jakobsen was acquitted for terror charges due to having contacted and assisted PST.