Kurt Westergaard

Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard; 13 July 1935 – 14 July 2021) was a Danish cartoonist. He was known for creating the controversial cartoon of a terrorist, although not the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban.Muhammed-tegneren: – Jeg angrer ikke – Human Rights Service Westergaard was born in Døstrup, Denmark.

On 1 January 2010, a 28-year-old Somali Muslim intruder armed with an axe and knife entered Westergaard's house. Westergaard was unharmed because of tight security and the intruder was shot by police.Assassination attempt on Mohammed cartoonist 

Westergaard died on 14 July 2021 in Copenhagen, one day after his 86th birthday.

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