My latest in PJ Media:
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, 75, who was best known (some would say infamous) for drawing a cartoon of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, with a dog’s body, has been killed in a highly suspicious automobile accident in Sweden. He had previously survived two attempts on his life. It is possible that he was killed in a third.
According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Vilks was traveling in a police car along with two police officers around three o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday in Markaryd, Sweden. The officers were supposed to be protecting him in light of the previous attempts to kill him and the ongoing threat under which he was living. The identities of the officers have not been revealed.
The car Vilks was in was speeding. Suddenly, it veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, right into the path of a truck. This took some doing, because according to the Daily Mail, “the rescue service and the police said it would take a lot for a vehicle to be able to pass into the other lane, given that it is separated by a wire fence.” The police car carrying Vilks was wedged under the truck; both the police car and the truck caught fire. Vilks was killed, as were the two police officers traveling with him. The truck driver was seriously injured but survived, and will be questioned by police about what happened.
Swedish police spokesman Rickard Lundqvist declined to address the suspicious nature of the accident, saying only: “I cannot say at the moment if there are any criminal suspicions.” However, there is already plenty of reason to suspect foul play. Vilks drew Muhammad in 2007, intending to make a statement about the importance of freedom of speech and the necessity to stand up against violent intimidation. He said in March 2012 of his Muhammad cartoon: “I won’t say that I’m proud. But I think it’s an interesting work. With very few artistic effects I’ve managed to create a piece of art that expresses the essence of multiculturalism versus free speech. Through my art I have always worked for greater freedom — including freedom of expression — so I am very pleased.”
In this, he should have won the support of all those who believe in a free society and the freedom of speech and expression, including the freedom to offend, as a foundation of any society that is truly free. If any belief or group is off-limits for mockery or ridicule, a protected class has been formed and can exercise its tyranny unhindered.
But the West, having lost its confidence, its will, and its very sense of itself, did not stand up for Lars Vilks or the others who were challenging the attempt to intimidate the West into accepting Islamic blasphemy laws. Instead of being embraced by the intelligentsia, as he should have been, he was shunned and vilified as an “Islamophobe,” and suffered numerous attacks.
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John says
The fact this man had to sleep with an ax in his bed shows how western European government ms have surrendered to Muslims instead of mass deportations.
They cried that they need oil so they need to kiss their asses, but that’s bullshit. NATO could take over all those countries in 10 minutes after the end of the Cold War.
I’ve been trying to find his video presentation where Mohammed was in a gay bar as I used to entertain friends with it 10 years ago but can no longer find it.
Of course the peaceful loving Muslims according to pope Frances were not peaceful and loving and tried to attack him. One actually broke his glasses with a head slam. Police had to restrain the Akbar crowd.
maria says
don´t believe the Swedish police if they say that it was an accident. It was murder of the freedom loving man and his guards , because more and more muslim pigs in Sweden wanted to kill him.
they tried many times and now they succeeded.
And that was murder you could see how the majority of muslims in Sweden danced, ate cakes and had a big party because Lars Wilk and the two guards were murdered
It is the first planned murder attack on aman who was a great artist and a great humanist.
The muslims whoare behind this murder should be hanged or decapitated
mortimer says
Lars Vilks was a hero for those who work for freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is dead unless we may actually use it.
Our Western politicians are afraid to defend our freedom.
Jaydam says
RIP Lars Vilks, and the two Police officers.
You believed in free speech, and for that we salute you.
Unlike all those traitors in Europe and around the world, who have caved in to the disgusting Ideology, that is Islam.
gravenimage says
I hope so, Jaydam. These officers *probably* were brave men who died in the line of duty–but I still think it is important to investigate them to be sure that their swerving into the path of this truck was an accident.
I hate being so suspicious, but given the threat Vilks was under I think we need to be. This is why he needed police protection to begin with.
Jaydam says
Very true GI
gravenimage says
Muhammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Killed in Suspicious Auto Accident
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This is deeply disturbing–I hope it is properly investigated.
More:
The car Vilks was in was speeding. Suddenly, it veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, right into the path of a truck. This took some doing, because according to the Daily Mail, “the rescue service and the police said it would take a lot for a vehicle to be able to pass into the other lane, given that it is separated by a wire fence.”
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There is a picture of the site here:
https://www.insider.com/tyre-blowout-may-caused-death-muhammad-dog-cartoonist-vilks-police-2021-10
Yes–you would have to be travelling at considerable speed to breach that fence.
Phil Copson says
Yes–you would have to be travelling at considerable speed to breach that fence.
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Thank you for the link; the words “wire fence” summon up images of a lightweight structure put up temporarily to separate lanes during roadworks.
The image shows that this was a heavily-built permanent structure with closely-spaced posts designed to prevent cars from crossing into the opposite carriageway.
It isn’t possible for a car to breach such a barrier by swerving into it when travelling along a straight section of road – the shallow impact angle would cause it to strike dozens of posts, absorbing all the energy as intended, without breaking through.
The only possible way for a car/light van to breach the barrier would be to drive into it at close to right angles, so that there are only a few posts in it’s path. This is what happened here, at a bend in the road.
The chances of a blow-out occurring at maybe the only sharp bend in the journey are miniscule. Even if a blow-out occurred, the driver would have been braking and fighting the wheel to avoid the collision and get round the bend, and in those seconds the vehicle would have lost a lot of speed before striking the barrier. It is also unlikely to hit the barrier head on – a blow-out at speed on a bend is more likely to cause a car to spin and strike it sideways or backwards.
A highways engineer / crash investigator will know exactly how much speed was required to get a vehicle of whatever weight through those posts and wire ropes, and my guess is that it took a high-speed, head-on, foot-to-the-floor ramming attack to do it.
mortimer says
Phil Copson is suggesting an automobile rammed Vilk’s vehicle from behind and forced it into the barrer?
There would be evidence of such a ramming on the rear bumper, then, visible immediately to the first police on the scene.
wpm says
According to the computer on the police car it was traveling around 97 MPH if you had a tire blowout at that speed in any car you would have trouble controlling the car.
Uma says
I salute these brave people, Lars Vilks, and his other two Police officers.
RIP
SAFI says
Muzies on social media now celebrating and gloating over his demise and how he is supposedly burning in Allah’s hellfire now for drawing Moe his favorite Profit
Bikinis not Burkas says
Burning in hell next to Islams throw away women!
Bikinis not Burkas says
There must be dashcam footage!
revereridesagain says
If they have an intact dashcam, given the condition of the wreck as seen in the background of the photo. The tire blowout is suspicious, and why was the car at such a high rate of speed that it blew through that fence? However, more so than the identity of the police officers unless one turns out to be Muslim, and it is unlikely that a known Muslim would be assigned to guard Vilks. A surreptitious one is possible. The truck is unlikely as by the time it appears the high speed in the fast lane is already occurring, but does possibly suggest deliberate aim at the target most likely to result in a catastrophic crash.
It could be just an accident, but a lot of things need to be “explained”.
OLD GUY says
Freedom means you could be offended by a cartoon a hair style, clothing or lack there of. Almost anything can be offensive material to someone. Hey if you wants to get offended think about the WOKE ELITE who don’t even want to breathe the air in the same room as you. Or take a close look at where your TAX DOLLARS are being given away to the foreign leaders to support their lavish lifestyle while you struggle to pay your rent. Could you be offended by the political leaders that allow criminals and gangs to shoot up your neighborhood with no consequences. Are you offended by the gang banger drug dealer poisionig your son or daughter or by the police arresting criminals? Freedom means you get to make that choice, even if the rest of us disagree.
James Lincoln says
The vehicle likely contained an event data recorder (black box).
Lots of Volvos in Sweden, I know that mine has one…
Yogi says
So sad that great people like Larkin , and others inFrance ( Charlie Hebdo) who fights for freedom of expression are murderd by this seven century horders imported by disgusting politicians, who cares fuck all nothing about own people and Western values , heartbreaking, Germany is responsible for that horrific distraction on Europe!!, big time, just look at this Poland/ Belarus border, Poland is defending its own borders, and Germany already planning take this illegal parasites to Germany/Europe!!!, Jew haters, .. it’s just unbelievable..