lars vilks – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com Factual Version of a Story Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.millichronicle.com/2018/11/12122950/logo-m-01-150x150.png lars vilks – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com 32 32 Swedish ‘Mohammad’ cartoonist Lars Vilks killed in car crash https://millichronicle.com/2021/10/swedish-mohammad-cartoonist-lars-vilks-killed-in-car-crash.html Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:35:12 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=22469 Stockholm (Reuters) – Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.

Vilks, 75, who had been living under police protection since the drawings were published, was travelling in a police vehicle which collided with a truck. Two police officers were also killed.

“This is a very tragic incident. It is now important to all of us that we do everything we can to investigate what happened and what caused the collision,” Swedish police said in a statement on Monday.

“Initially, there is nothing that points to anyone else being involved.”

Most Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as offensive.

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