( CNN ) -- A Norwegian court sentenced three people Monday for their roles in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed . Mikael Davud , Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak Bujak and David Jakobsen were convicted in connection with a plot to carry out explosions at offices of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper . Davud and Bujak were convicted of terror charges , while Jakobsen was convicted of a lesser explosives charge . Davud , a Norwegian citizen of Uyghur origin , was sentenced to seven years in prison . Bujak , an Iraqi-Kurdish man with Norwegian residency , was sentenced to three and a half years in prison , and Jakobsen , originally from Uzbekistan , was sentenced to four months in prison . All three defendants have already served 606 days in custody , which will be deducted from their sentences , Oslo District Court spokesman Markus Iestra said . Authorities also accused Davud and Bujak of plotting to shoot cartoonist Kurt Westergaard , who drew an image of the Muslim prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban that was published in Jyllands-Posten in 2005 . The controversy grew in early 2006 when a Norwegian newspaper reprinted the drawings . Islamic law generally bans any depiction of Mohammed . Norwegian authorities have said Davud , Bujak and Jakobsen were suspected of having connections to al Qaeda . In July 2010 , Norwegian officials said Davud , Bujak and Jakobsen were arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into terrorist plots in New York and the United Kingdom . CNN 's Per Nyberg and Raja Razek contributed to this report .
Two of the men are also accused of plotting to kill the cartoonist . The plot involved an attack on a Danish newspaper . The men were arrested in 2010 .