Swedish cartoonist who survived two murder attempts after drawing the Prophet Mohammed is killed in mystery car crash along with his two police protection officers

 

Swedish cartoonist who survived two murder attempts after drawing the Prophet Mohammed is killed in mystery car crash along with his two police protection officers

• Lars Vilks, 75, killed in crash in Markaryd, Sweden just before 3pm on Sunday 
• He received numerous threats to his life after drawing prophet with dog’s body
• A lone gunman targeted him at a cafe in 2015  but he managed to escape bullets

A Swedish cartoonist who survived two murder attempts after drawing the Muslim Prophet Mohammed has died in a horror car crash.

Lars Vilks, 75, was killed Sunday when the police car he was traveling in veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with a truck. 

Both vehicles caught fire and the truck driver, 45, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.