02-14-2015, 03:52 PM
Another Satirical Cartoonist Targeted -- 1 Dead & 3 Wounded in Copenhagen, Denmark
Fortunately, this time bodyguards and police were able to push back the shooters (who are on the run now) before they could reach their target, Lars Vilks. However, one unidentified 40-year-old man was killed and three police officers were shot and wounded in the attack when the gunmen stormed a private conference.
Like Charb, one of the French cartoonists from Charlie Hebdo who was killed by AQAP last month, the Swedish Vilks has been on al-Qaeda's "Most Wanted" poster for crimes against Islam for years.
Vilks believes that every religion should be open to insults and satire. He's most famous and resented by some Muslims for his "Muhammad the Dog" cartoons.
![[Image: Vilks.jpg]](http://www.barenakedislam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Vilks.jpg)
Lars Vilks
About 30 people -- including Vilks and French Ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who tweeted later that he was "still alive in the room" -- went through airport-level security to get into Saturday's event at a theater building in what is described as a "very peaceful area" of the Danish capital.
But it didn't last long, with noise erupting just a few minutes in.
Story developing.
More: http://us.cnn.com/2015/02/14/europe/denm...index.html
Fortunately, this time bodyguards and police were able to push back the shooters (who are on the run now) before they could reach their target, Lars Vilks. However, one unidentified 40-year-old man was killed and three police officers were shot and wounded in the attack when the gunmen stormed a private conference.
Like Charb, one of the French cartoonists from Charlie Hebdo who was killed by AQAP last month, the Swedish Vilks has been on al-Qaeda's "Most Wanted" poster for crimes against Islam for years.
Vilks believes that every religion should be open to insults and satire. He's most famous and resented by some Muslims for his "Muhammad the Dog" cartoons.
Lars Vilks
About 30 people -- including Vilks and French Ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who tweeted later that he was "still alive in the room" -- went through airport-level security to get into Saturday's event at a theater building in what is described as a "very peaceful area" of the Danish capital.
But it didn't last long, with noise erupting just a few minutes in.
Story developing.
More: http://us.cnn.com/2015/02/14/europe/denm...index.html