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Somali Man Charged with Attacking Danish Cartoonist

HeadlineJan 04, 2010

In Denmark, a Somali man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago. Authorities say the Somali man broke into the house late Friday armed with an ax and a knife. The seventy-four-year-old cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was not injured in the attack. When he heard someone trying to break into his home, he pressed an alarm and fled to a specially made safe room. His five-year-old granddaughter was also in the house at the time.

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