Gunshots At Lars Vilks Event In Copenhagen May Have Claimed One Life; Vilks Unharmed

This is still breaking, but I thought maybe some of you would like to look in and pay attention to that one today. Vilks is an artist who a couple of years after the Danish Cartoons Controversy did a drawing of Muhammed's head on a dog's body and has since been threatened and assaulted for it. He's kind of the figure between the Danish Cartoons and the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, in a way, although I would say he's different than both of them in very specific ways that matter. I assume we'll read him described as a cartoonist rather than an artist who attempted a cartoon drawing for a very specific purpose, but that's only a little bit aggravating at this point. At least for me.
 
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