Lars Vilks, Swedish artist threatened for Muhammad sketch, dies in crash
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, whose 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, has died in a traffic accident.
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Swedish artist Lars Vilks, whose 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, has died in a traffic accident.
Lars Vilks and his two police guards have been killed in a head-on collision with a truck in Markaryd, Sweden. The artist was most famous for drawing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, outraging many Muslims.
Following the cartoonist's notorious 2007 sketch, he soon landed on al-Qaeda's* hit list, with the terrorist group offering the equivalent of $100,000 for his... 04.10.2021, Sputnik International
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since making a sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body in 2007, died in a
The artist, Lars Vilks, had been under police protection since 2010, after his sketch prompted widespread condemnation from Muslims. He was killed along with two bodyguards in a crash that the police said was an accident.