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| Denmark shooting: Gunman targets Islam critic Hedegaard | Denmark shooting: Gunman targets Islam critic Hedegaard |
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| A prominent Danish critic of Islam, Lars Hedegaard, has been targeted in a gun attack in the capital Copenhagen, police say. | A prominent Danish critic of Islam, Lars Hedegaard, has been targeted in a gun attack in the capital Copenhagen, police say. |
| The 70-year-old writer and historian was not injured in the shooting. | The 70-year-old writer and historian was not injured in the shooting. |
| The gunman approached Mr Hedegaard pretending to be a postman and missed with a shot at his head, police said. | The gunman approached Mr Hedegaard pretending to be a postman and missed with a shot at his head, police said. |
| Mr Hedegaard heads Denmark's Free Press Society, which argues that religious and ideological interests are threatening freedom of expression. | |
| He also heads the International Free Press Society, founded in 2009, which launched an international campaign to support the Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders's right to criticise Islam. | |
| Mr Hedegaard was fined in 2011 for making insulting statements about Muslims but Denmark's supreme court dismissed the judgment the following year. | |
| PM's condemnation | PM's condemnation |
| Police said a gunman in his 20s rang the doorbell at Mr Hedegaard's Copenhagen home pretending to deliver a package and then fired a shot to the head which missed. | Police said a gunman in his 20s rang the doorbell at Mr Hedegaard's Copenhagen home pretending to deliver a package and then fired a shot to the head which missed. |
| TV2 News reported that the gun then jammed, there was a scuffle and the attacker ran off. | TV2 News reported that the gun then jammed, there was a scuffle and the attacker ran off. |
| Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt condemned the attack, saying: "It is even worse if the attack is rooted in an attempt to prevent Lars Hedegaard using his freedom of expression." | Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt condemned the attack, saying: "It is even worse if the attack is rooted in an attempt to prevent Lars Hedegaard using his freedom of expression." |
| Mr Hedegaard was fined 5,000 kroner ($905; 670 euros) in 2011 for degrading statements about Muslims. | Mr Hedegaard was fined 5,000 kroner ($905; 670 euros) in 2011 for degrading statements about Muslims. |
| Denmark has been a target for Islamist militants since the Jyllands-Posten newspaper printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. | Denmark has been a target for Islamist militants since the Jyllands-Posten newspaper printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. |
| Many Muslims were offended by the drawings, which violated an Islamic tenet banning the portrayal of his image. | Many Muslims were offended by the drawings, which violated an Islamic tenet banning the portrayal of his image. |
| Somali refugee Mohamed Geele was jailed for trying to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe in January 2010. | Somali refugee Mohamed Geele was jailed for trying to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe in January 2010. |
| Lors Dukayev, a Chechen asylum seeker, was jailed for terrorism over an attempted letter bombing of Jyllands-Posten in September 2010. | Lors Dukayev, a Chechen asylum seeker, was jailed for terrorism over an attempted letter bombing of Jyllands-Posten in September 2010. |
| Correction, 6 February: We said earlier that Mr Hedegaard had been fined in 2011 for making insulting statements about Muslims. However, the judgment was later thrown out. |