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Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks reportedly dies in car crash

Authorities investigating crash that is said to have killed Swedish artist, who lived under police protection since 2007, and two officers

The Swedish artist Lars Vilks – who has lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch caricaturing the prophet Muhammad brought death threats – has died in a car crash, according to multiple Swedish media reports.

The newspaper Dagens Nyheter said the artist’s partner confirmed his death, and the Swedish news agency TT said police had confirmed that Vilks, 75, was travelling in the car with two police officers, who also died. According to police, a civilian police car and a truck collided and caught fire on Sunday afternoon outside Markaryd. The truck driver was taken to hospital, and the cause of the collision was under investigation.

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