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Muhammad cartoonist killed in traffic collision
BBC ^ | Oct 4 | BBC

Posted on 10/04/2021 2:39:41 AM PDT by RandFan

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body, has died in a traffic accident.

Vilks was reported to be travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck near the town of Markaryd in southern Sweden.

Two police officers were also killed and the truck driver was injured.

The 75-year-old artist had been living under police protection after being subjected to death threats over the cartoon.

The cartoon, published in 2007, offended many Muslims who regard visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous. It came a year after a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deadagain

1 posted on 10/04/2021 2:39:41 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Bad. They got him.


2 posted on 10/04/2021 2:45:04 AM PDT by Norski (Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. - Thomas Mann)
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To: RandFan

Also: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4000369/posts


3 posted on 10/04/2021 2:50:38 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Drago

Missed that thanks for link


4 posted on 10/04/2021 2:52:11 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

NP....it happens. (To me too).


5 posted on 10/04/2021 2:53:18 AM PDT by Drago
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To: RandFan

(And it is a different article/newspaper with a different take on the story)(Not really a “dupe”).


6 posted on 10/04/2021 2:54:42 AM PDT by Drago
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To: RandFan

Let me guess, the truck driver was a muslim.


7 posted on 10/04/2021 4:53:58 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: RandFan

What is the name of the truck driver, and it said collided with did the truck strike the car?


8 posted on 10/04/2021 5:23:17 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins)
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To: VTenigma

Obviously this is the case. And the name was left out for obvious reasons. Bad security, should have been more careful. Is the truck driver being interrogated?


9 posted on 10/04/2021 6:32:49 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: stockpirate

Dollars to donuts the truck T-Boned the car.


10 posted on 10/04/2021 6:33:51 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: RandFan

AVE’ HEBDO!!


11 posted on 10/04/2021 8:38:43 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: RandFan

Nothing suspicious here...
Move along...
😀😁😂😂🤣🤣😃🙄


12 posted on 10/04/2021 11:23:57 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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