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He has been under police protection for his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, which he described as a dog in 2007.
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Lars Vilks was reportedly traveling in a car escorted by police and collided with a truck near the southern Swedish city of Markaryd.
Two police officers were also killed. The truck driver was taken to the hospital.
Vilks, 75, lives under police protection after being the target of death threats over a cartoon he created.
The cartoon published in 2007, offended many Muslims who viewed the visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous.
It came a year after a Danish newspaper published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
Police have yet to reveal the identities of those killed in Sunday’s incident, but Vilks’ partners confirmed the deaths to the newspaper Today’s News reported BBC, Monday (4/10/2021).
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