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Lars Vilks, who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, was under police protection when his car hit a truck.

Authorities investigating crash that is said to have killed Swedish artist, who lived under police protection since 2007, and two officers

75-year-old, who lived under police protection after his 2007 depiction of the Muslim prophet, killed along with two police officers

There is so far no sign of foul play in the car crash that killed Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who lived under protection after his 2007 depiction of the Prophet Mohammed prompted death threats, police said Monday.

STOCKHOLM: Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who lived under police protection after his 2007 depiction of the Prophet Mohammed prompted death threats, was killed on Sunday in a road accident.

The accident occurred near the small town Markaryd when the car Vilks was travelling in crashed into an oncoming truck. Both vehicles caught fire and the truck driver was hospitalised, according to police.

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Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who lived under police protection after his 2007 depiction of the Prophet Mohammed prompted death threats, died Sunday in a car accident.

Lars Vilks, who had been living under police protection, was travelling in a police vehicle that collided with a truck.

Lars Vilks had lived under police protection since depicting Islam’s revered figure with the body of a dog in 2007.