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Somali shot after allegedly attempting to attack Danish cartoonist
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(CNN) -- A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard -- known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad -- on Saturday, police said.
The 27-year-old man, who was not identified, wielded an ax and a knife and cracked a window at Westergaard's home in Aarhus, said police spokesman Morten Jensen. A home alarm alerted police to the scene at 10 p.m., and they were attacked by the man, he said.
The officers shot the man in the right leg and left hand. He was hospitalized, but was not seriously injured, police said.
Westergaard's caricature of Mohammed -- which depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse -- sparked an uproar among Muslims in early 2006 after newspapers reprinted the images months later as a matter of free speech. The cartoon was first published by the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jullands-Posten in September 2005.
At the time, Westergaard said he wanted his cartoon to say that some people exploited the prophet to legitimize terror. However, many in the Muslim world interpreted the drawing as depicting their prophet as a terrorist.
Over the years, Danish authorities have arrested other suspects who allegedly plotted against Westergaard's life.
After three such arrests were made in February 2008, Westergaard issued a statement, saying, "Of course I fear for my life after the Danish Security and Intelligence Service informed me of the concrete plans of certain people to kill me. However, I have turned fear into anger and indignation. It has made me angry that a perfectly normal everyday activity which I used to do by the thousand was abused to set off such madness."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/01/danish.cartoon.break.in/index.html
the local LE need to go back to the range and learn where kill zones are so they know where to aim next time.
the local LE need to go back to the range and learn where kill zones are so they know where to aim next time.
maybe they can take shooting tips from leoz1979, it seems he visits paintball websites, (a lot).
Did I read that correctly? Guns in Holland, seems common sense rules the day.
maybe they can take shooting tips from leoz1979, it seems he visits paintball websites, (a lot).
Rough day in here for leoz1979. :rolleyes:
Someone please contact the LE there and set up an instruction on the "Art of the Headshot" asap
Buck
Someone please contact the LE there and set up an instruction on the "Art of the Headshot" asap
Buck
stastically, 85% of LEO shootings as misses.
skylinedrive
01-02-2010, 03:19
From todays beeb:
Danish cartoonist intruder shot
Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked an international row.
Mr Westergaard was at home in Aarhus when a man broke in armed with a knife. Police arrived and shot the man after Mr Westergaard pressed a panic alarm.
Danish officials said the intruder was a 28-year-old Somali linked to the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia.
The cartoon, printed in 2005, prompted violent protests the following year.
This attack will force the Danish secret service Pet to review whether their protection is adequate.
Mr Westergaard's house was supposed to have been turned into a fortress. The windows were supposed to be blast proof, and yet a determined individual came within a whisker of killing a man regarded by Muslims as a pariah, but by his supporters, as one of the bravest defenders of free expression.
One of 12 cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten, it depicted the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.
In 2006 the paper apologised for the cartoons, but other European media reprinted them.
Danish embassies were then attacked by Muslims around the world and dozens killed in riots.
Mr Westergaard went into hiding amid threats to his life, but emerged last year saying he wanted to live as normal a life as possible.
His house has been heavily fortified and is under close police protection.
'Shocked'
Police said the man had entered Mr Westergaard's house armed with a knife and had shouted in broken English that he wanted to kill him.
He said he had grabbed his five-year-old granddaughter and run to a specially designed panic room where he raised the alarm.
Mr Westergaard told Jyllands Posten he was shocked that his granddaughter had witnessed the attack.
He has now been taken to a safe location, but said defiantly that he would be back, the newspaper reported.
Jakob Scharf, who heads the Danish intelligence service Pet, said the attack was "terror related" and that the suspected assailant has close contacts to Somalia's al-Shabab group.
He had been under surveillance for activities unrelated to Mr Westergaard, Mr Scharf said.
Police said he was shot in the knee and the shoulder after threatening officers who tried to arrest him. Preben Nielsen of Aarhus police, said the man was seriously hurt but his life was not in danger.
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant, who interviewed Mr Westergaard when he emerged from hiding, says the incident will raise questions about security measures put in place by the Danish secret service to protect the artist.
Islamic militants have placed a $1m price on Mr Westergaard's head.
Although he is one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet were published in Jyllands-Posten, he has the highest profile, our correspondent says.
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Warrior-Mentor
01-02-2010, 08:58
The price of freedom. $1 Million dollar bounty on his head.
Glad the cops shot the guy. Shame they weren't better shots.
The Reaper
01-02-2010, 09:33
stastically, 85% of LEO shootings as misses.
Better to teach them to aim center of mass under stress and get some hits, than to try for head shots and get all misses, while he wails on you with an axe.
TR
mojaveman
01-02-2010, 10:15
All of this because the guy drew a stupid cartoon a few years ago. It's a crazy World we live in. Be careful who you make fun of. :p
.... while he wails on you with an axe.
TR
could you imagine? :eek:
Who would let that happen?
Remington Raidr
01-02-2010, 12:19
Give him a Big Fucking Gun. Give him two guns.
All of this because the guy drew a stupid cartoon a few years ago. It's a crazy World we live in. Be careful who you make fun of. :p
The whole thing is so rediculous, but relevant to the ideology of the radical Muslims who would seek to cut off, maim, and kill any and all who "defame" their leader...even in satire.
Yet, I have a couple of "causes" that are supported by my family, and can say without question that a bitch-slapping, (not a murder) would ensue towards anyone met in public that dared to speak ill of the United States Military, and in particular, Our Army Special Forces Soldiers. Sorry, but right is right...:munchin
Holly
LongWire
01-03-2010, 04:51
Today From Fox News.........
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581801,00.html
The Somali man accused of attempting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was held over a foiled terrorist plot in Kenya, a Danish newspaper reported.
The 28-year-old was arrested over a planned attack on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Africa last summer.
The newspaper Politiken reported that he and four other suspects were held over a plot against a bus station and two hotels in Nairobi.
He was released in September due to a lack of evidence and returned to Denmark.
The man was carried into a court in Aarhus on a stretcher yesterday to face two charges of attempted manslaughter following the break-in at Westergaard's home.
He denied the charges and was remanded in custody.
The suspect was shot twice by police outside Westergaard's home while armed with an axe and a knife.
Westergaard's 2005 cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage across the Muslim world.
Defender968
01-03-2010, 09:09
Better to teach them to aim center of mass under stress and get some hits, than to try for head shots and get all misses, while he wails on you with an axe.
TR
Exactly right TR, unfortunately not all LEO's take their firearm proficiency as seriously as others, and as such many of the LEOs I interacted with on a daily basis couldn't hit a stopped vehicle from 10 feet.
It always amazed me, we qualified every 3 months and could shoot at least once a month on top of that. On the open range days you could do good training, moving and shooting, high stress shooting, speed target identification. I was always amazed there weren't more folks taking advantage of it, free bullets, good training, and you got paid for it, sign me up!
Ret10Echo
05-11-2010, 17:09
...and again...
Swedish Mohammad cartoonist attacked at lecture
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Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammad enraged many Muslims, was head-butted on Tuesday while giving a lecture about freedom of speech, he said. Skip related content
A video of the incident was posted on Swedish newspaper websites and showed an angry crowd in the lecture hall with many people on their feet and shouting. Police were at the front of the hall and one policewoman used pepper spray on a man.
Vilks, who depicted the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog in 2007, said he was assaulted by a man sitting on the front row as he spoke at the University of Uppsala, about 70 km (44 miles) from Stockholm.
"He head-butted me and I fell into the wall and lost my glasses," Vilks was quoted by news agency TT as saying. He added he was unharmed.
The video, which mainly showed what happened after the assault on Vilks, showed the lecture hall in complete tumult with dozens of people on their feet and shouting.
Cries of "Allah is Great" in Arabic could also be heard from one woman in the crowd.
Swedish media said the incident happened after Vilks began to show a video involving sexual and religious images.
The video posted on the website of Aftonbladet newspaper showed Vilks's clip was entitled "Allah ho Gaybar."
A spokesman for Uppsala police said two people were detained in the incident.
Vilks was not immediately available to comment further. He says he has received death threats since his Prophet sketch.
In March an American who called herself "JihadJane," was charged with plotting to kill the Swede and using the Internet to enlist co-conspirators.
In January, a Somali man was indicted for terrorism and attempted murder for breaking into the home of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and threatening him with an axe.
A cartoon by Westergaard in 2005 which depicted the Prophet Mohammad with a turban shaped like a bomb sparked outrage across the Muslim world, with at least 50 people killed in riots in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Most Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as offensive.
Video of the incident with many in the audience screaming "Allahu akbar."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsC2_KbZfo