May 4, 2015
OTHER ECHOES:
Echoes of Charlie Hebdo in attack on Texas Muhammad cartoon event (Arthur Bright, MAY 4, 2015, CS Monitor)
Two gunmen were killed in an attack on a cartoon contest to draw the prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas, Sunday night - an incident and event that has invoked both January's Charlie Hebdo attacks and the anti-Muslim cartoons from Europe that sparked the controversy over Hebdo.The gunmen reportedly drove up to the event, a "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest," some time before 7 p.m. at the Curtis Culwell Center, a public event space run by the local school district. The two men opened fire on the event, wounding an unarmed security guard in the ankle, before being shot and killed by police, who were already nearby providing security.
Posted by Orrin Judd at May 4, 2015 3:18 PM
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