Swedish Mohammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Killed in Fiery Car Crash
Lars Vilks
The Swedish artist who sparked a worldwide controversy for drawing the Muslim ‘Prophet’ Mohammed with a dog body was killed in a fiery car crash in Markaryd, Sweden on Sunday.
Two police protection officers were also killed.
Lars Vilks, 75, lived under 24/7 police protection since he began drawing the Mohammad cartoons in 2007.
In 2010, Muslims torched Lars Vilks’ home and smashed out windows.
In 2015, gunman Omar El-Hussein tried to kill him at a cafe while he was participating in a debate on free speech but he managed to escape.
The special prosecutor’s office is investigating the car crash.
