Two Gunmen Shot Dead At A Cartoon Exhibition Of Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W) In Dallas

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Two Gunmen Shot Dead At A Cartoon Exhibition Of Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W) In Dallas

Two gunmen have been shot dead after opening fire outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W) in a suburb of Dallas, US police say. BBCreports:


They drove to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland as the event was ending, and began shooting at a security officer before being killed by police.
The bomb squad has been called in to search their vehicle for explosives.


The event, organised by a group critical of Islam, included a contest for drawings of the Prophet.
One of the keynote speakers was the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, an outspoken critic of Islam in Western societies. Security had been tight, but Garland police said there had been no credible threats in advance, and it was not immediately clear if the shootings were related to the event.

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About 200 people had been attending the Muhammad Art Exhibit when, shortly before it was due to finish at 19:00 (00:00 GMT), they were told of a shooting outside. One woman at the conference was leaving the building when she said she heard “quick shots” from what she thought was a machine gun.