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| Copenhagen attack cartoonist Lars Vilks wins award | Copenhagen attack cartoonist Lars Vilks wins award |
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| A Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has made his first public appearance since attending a debate that was targeted in a gun attack in Copenhagen last month. | A Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has made his first public appearance since attending a debate that was targeted in a gun attack in Copenhagen last month. |
| Lars Vilks received a prize for courage from a free press group, at a heavily secured event in the Danish parliament. | Lars Vilks received a prize for courage from a free press group, at a heavily secured event in the Danish parliament. |
| His cartoon offended many Muslims and he now lives under guard in Sweden. | His cartoon offended many Muslims and he now lives under guard in Sweden. |
| A radicalised gunman with gang links attacked the Copenhagen debate and a synagogue, killing two people. | A radicalised gunman with gang links attacked the Copenhagen debate and a synagogue, killing two people. |
| A film-maker died in the shooting at a cafe hosting the free speech debate, while a guard was killed in the shooting outside the synagogue. | A film-maker died in the shooting at a cafe hosting the free speech debate, while a guard was killed in the shooting outside the synagogue. |
| The gunman, Omar El Hussein, was later shot dead by police. | The gunman, Omar El Hussein, was later shot dead by police. |
| He had recently been released from prison but is not thought to have been part of a terror cell. | He had recently been released from prison but is not thought to have been part of a terror cell. |
| Mr Vilks, who has been associated with the Swedish left, received the Sappho award from the right-wing Danish Free Press Society. | Mr Vilks, who has been associated with the Swedish left, received the Sappho award from the right-wing Danish Free Press Society. |
| The armed security around the event - as well as its location in parliament - shows how much Denmark has changed since the February attack, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Copenhagen. | The armed security around the event - as well as its location in parliament - shows how much Denmark has changed since the February attack, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Copenhagen. |
| Our correspondent says the show of force is something of a culture shock for what has been a peaceful and relatively secure country. | Our correspondent says the show of force is something of a culture shock for what has been a peaceful and relatively secure country. |
| 'Peace ring' | |
| Meanwhile thousands of people from different faiths formed a human "ring of peace" outside the synagogue where a Jewish guard was shot dead by Omar El Hussein. | |
| The Vilks cartoon was published in 2007, a year after a series of depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten paper prompted protests by Muslims around the world. | The Vilks cartoon was published in 2007, a year after a series of depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten paper prompted protests by Muslims around the world. |
| Muslims regard visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous. | Muslims regard visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous. |