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2021-10-04 -Obits-

Swedish Muhammad cartoon artist said killed in car accident

[IsraelTimes] Lars Vilks, 75, who received death threats for drawing the Prophet with a dog’s body, was reported killed when a truck hit the car he was traveling in with 2 police escorts.

The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Swedish news media reported.

The accident reportedly involved a truck colliding with a civilian police car in which Lars Vilks and his police protection were traveling, news media said.

The Swedish news agency TT said police had confirmed that Vilks, 75, was traveling in the car with two coppers, and the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said the artist’s partner confirmed his death.

The cause of the accident was under investigation.

Vilks was largely unknown outside Sweden before his Muhammad drawing. At home, he was best known for building a sculpture made of driftwood in a nature reserve in southern Sweden without permission, triggering a lengthy legal battle. He was fined, but the seaside sculpture — a jumble of wood nailed together in chaotic fashion — draws tens of thousands of visitors a year.

Vilks’ life changed radically 13 years ago after he drew a sketch of Muhammad with a dog’s body. Dogs are considered unclean by conservative Moslems, and Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet, even favorable, for fear it could lead to idolatry.

Al-Qaeda put a bounty on Vilks’ head. In 2010, two men tried to burn down his house in southern Sweden. Last year, a woman from Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in a plot to try to kill him.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-10-04 01:18|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Devout Moslems

#1 Swedish artist who survived two murder attempts after drawing the Prophet Mohammed is killed in mystery car crash along with his two police protection officers

Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-04 05:27|| 2021-10-04 05:27|| Front Page Top

#2
Sometimes and Accident is just an Accident.
But will we ever know for sure it happened as reported?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-10-04 06:13|| 2021-10-04 06:13|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Sure we do - accident is not their style (offenders must be seen being punished)

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-10-04 06:28|| 2021-10-04 06:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Persson said the police car, which was being driven by one of the bodyguards, had left Stockholm and was heading south when it veered into the path of the truck.

That sounds a might suspicious. Do we know anything about the police driver?

I would wait a bit and see if anyone takes credit for it.

Posted by SteveS 2021-10-04 20:03|| 2021-10-04 20:03|| Front Page Top

#5 "Allan Snackbar!"
"Oh, just f*cking great"
*CRASH*

Posted by Frank G 2021-10-04 20:55|| 2021-10-04 20:55|| Front Page Top

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