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Danish cartoonist intruder shot Danish cartoonist intruder shot
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Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked a major row. Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked an international row.
Danish media say Mr Westergaard was in his home in Aarhus with his wife and grandchild when a man broke in and threatened him with a hammer. Danish media say Mr Westergaard was at his home in Aarhus when a man broke in and threatened him with a hammer.
Mr Westergaard, 74, is said to have raised the alarm and police entered the house and shot the intruder. Mr Westergaard, 74, is said to have pressed a panic button and police entered the house and shot the man.
Mr Westergaard's cartoons were printed by Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005. Danish officials said the intruder was a 28-year-old Somali linked to the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia.
He mocked Muslim suicide bombers by depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban. Mr Westergaard's cartoons, printed by Jyllands-Posten newspaper in 2005, depicted the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.
But the drawing triggered violent protests, with Danish embassies attacked by Muslims around the world and dozens killed in riots. The drawings triggered violent protests, with Danish embassies attacked by Muslims around the world and dozens killed in riots.
Mr Westergaard went into hiding amid threats to his life, but emerged last year saying he wanted to live as normal a life as possible. His house has been heavily fortified and is under close police protection. Mr Westergaard went into hiding amid threats to his life, but emerged last year saying he wanted to live as normal a life as possible.
His house has been heavily fortified and is under close police protection.
Mr Westergaard told Jyllands-Posten that the man had entered his house by smashing a window with a hammer and had shouted in broken English that he wanted to kill him.Mr Westergaard told Jyllands-Posten that the man had entered his house by smashing a window with a hammer and had shouted in broken English that he wanted to kill him.
The cartoons prompted anti-Danish outrage across the Muslim worldThe cartoons prompted anti-Danish outrage across the Muslim world
He said he had grabbed his five-year-old granddaughter and run to a specially designed panic room where he raised the alarm.He said he had grabbed his five-year-old granddaughter and run to a specially designed panic room where he raised the alarm.
Mr Westergaard told the newspaper he was shocked that his granddaughter had witnessed the attack.Mr Westergaard told the newspaper he was shocked that his granddaughter had witnessed the attack.
He has now been taken to a safe location, but said defiantly that he would be back, the newspaper reported.He has now been taken to a safe location, but said defiantly that he would be back, the newspaper reported.
Jakob Scharf, who heads the Danish intelligence service Pet, said the attack was "terror related" and that the suspected assailant has close contacts to Somalia's al-Shabab group.
Police said he was shot in the knee and the shoulder after threatening officers who tried to arrest him. Preben Nielsen of Aarhus police, said the man was seriously hurt but his life was not in danger.
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant, who interviewed Mr Westergaard when he emerged from hiding, says the incident will raise questions about security measures put in place by the Danish secret service to protect the artist.The BBC's Malcolm Brabant, who interviewed Mr Westergaard when he emerged from hiding, says the incident will raise questions about security measures put in place by the Danish secret service to protect the artist.
The intruder was reported to have been wounded in the thigh and the arm when he threatened officers who tried to arrest him.
Danish media said he was of Somali descent, although this has not been confirmed.
Islamic militants have placed a $1m price on Mr Westergaard's head.Islamic militants have placed a $1m price on Mr Westergaard's head.
Although he is one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet were published in Jyllands-Posten, he has the highest profile, our correspondent says.Although he is one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet were published in Jyllands-Posten, he has the highest profile, our correspondent says.