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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe....in/index.htmlSomali shot behind allegedly attempting to offensive Danish cartoonistJanuary 1 2010 8:21 p.m. ESTKurt Westergaard is known for his controvers ...
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Somali shot behind allegedly attempting to offensive Danish cartoonist
January 1 2010 8:21 p.m. EST
Kurt Westergaard is known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad.
Kurt Westergaard is known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad.
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* Assailant allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard
* Westergaard known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad
* Since 2006 Danish authorities arrested others allegedly plotting to murder Westergaard
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(CNN) -- A Somali man was shot like 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 frightem 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 except was not seriously injured police said.
Westergaard's caricature of Mohammed -- which depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit melt -- sparked an uproar between Muslims in early 2006 after newspapers reprinted the images months later as a thing 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 specific plans of certain people to kill me. However I have turned fear into indignation and indignation. It has made me mad that a perfectly normal everyday activity which I used to do by the thousand was abused to set off such madness."
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