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Danish police stop attack on Mohammad cartoonist

AP

01/02/2010

Somalia man tries to kill cartoonist whose 2005 caricatures of Prophet Mohammad sparked global Muslim outrage.

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Denmark''s intelligence service says there has been an attempt to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard who upset Muslims with drawings depicting the prophet Muhammad.

Spokesman Jakob Scharf says a Somalia man armed with an axe and knive has
been shot and wounded after trying to break into Westergaard''s home in Aarhus.

Scharf said the man, with a permit to stay in Denmark, is suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activities in east Africa. He had been under PET''s surveillance but not in connection with Westergaard.

The 75-year-old cartoonist and his 5-year-old granddaughter took sought shelter in a specially made safe room and called police.

Westergaard drew a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a nbomb-shaped turban.



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