FILE - Swedish creator Lars Vilks speaks during an interrogation with The Associated Press successful Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday March 4, 2015. Vilks, who had lived nether constabulary extortion since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dogs assemblage brought decease threats, died from a postulation mishap Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 Swedish quality media reported. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

FILE - Swedish creator Lars Vilks speaks during an interrogation with The Associated Press successful Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday March 4, 2015. Vilks, who had lived nether constabulary extortion since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dogs assemblage brought decease threats, died from a postulation mishap Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 Swedish quality media reported. (AP Photo/David Keyton) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

STOCKHOLM – The Swedish creator Lars Vilks, who had lived nether constabulary extortion since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s assemblage brought decease threats, died from a postulation mishap Sunday, Swedish quality media reported.

The mishap reportedly progressive a motortruck colliding with a civilian constabulary car successful which Lars Vilks and his constabulary extortion were traveling, quality media said.

The Swedish quality bureau TT said constabulary had confirmed that Vilks, 75, was traveling successful the car with 2 constabulary officers, and the paper Dagens Nyheter said the artist's spouse confirmed his death.

The origin of the mishap was nether investigation.

Vilks was mostly chartless extracurricular Sweden earlier his Muhammad drawing. At home, helium was champion known for gathering a sculpture made of driftwood successful a quality reserve successful confederate Sweden without permission, triggering a lengthy ineligible battle. He was fined, but the seaside sculpture — a jumble of wood nailed unneurotic successful chaotic manner — draws tens of thousands of visitors a year.

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Vilks’ beingness changed radically 13 years agone aft helium drew a sketch of Muhammad with a dog’s body. Dogs are considered unclean by blimpish Muslims, and Islamic instrumentality mostly opposes immoderate depiction of the prophet, adjacent favorable, for fearfulness it could pb to idolatry.

Al-Qaida enactment a bounty connected Vilks' head. In 2010, 2 men tried to pain down his location successful confederate Sweden. Last year, a pistillate from Pennsylvania pleaded blameworthy successful a crippled to effort to termination him.

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