Swedish caricature author on the Prophet Mohammed Lars Vilks and his guard – two policemen – died on Sunday as a result of a collision of a truck with their car on E4 highway near the settlement of Marcaryud Kruniberg province in southern Sweden. It is reported by TV channel SVT.
According to his information, both cars caught fire when a collision, the truck driver also received serious injuries. Information about how the accident occurred is not yet. The truck driver was interrogated in the hospital.
Wilke is the author of the sculpture sketch for road junction in the form of a dog with the head of the prophet Mohammed. In November 2007, the drawing was printed in the Swedish Nerikes Allehanda newspaper. Publication provoked the perturbation of Muslims in many countries of the world.
Since then, the cartooner lived under the protection of the police.