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Two Gunmen Shot Dead at "Draw the Prophet Muhammad" Contest in Garland, Texas

posted by takyon on Monday May 04 2015, @06:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the ineffectual-terrorism dept.

fleg writes:

The Guardian is reporting that...

Two gunmen have been killed and a security guard injured during what appeared to be an attack on a contest for cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Dallas suburb.

The gunmen drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland shortly before 7pm on Sunday where the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) were hosting the exhibition and contest.

According to city authorities an unarmed guard at the event was shot at before the men were engaged and killed by police.

Further...

A bomb squad was called in after reports of a possible incendiary device at the scene of the incident. Police said a "bomb container trailer" had also been deployed in which to place any suspect device.

A police spokesman said two males had been killed and their bodies were still lying outside their car hours later.

"Because of the situation of what was going on today and the history of what we've been told has happened at other events like this, we are considering their car (is) possibly containing a bomb," Officer Joe Harn, a spokesman for the Garland Police Department, said.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:31AM (#178357)

    Advocating torture or desecrating remains = ego stroking revenge mindset. The vivid detail is a nice touch and hints at a sexual frustration. Could you hear your son rubbing one off during the phone call?

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:47AM (#178361)

    Ah say that's flamebait, son.

    Flamebait if ah evah seen it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @07:52AM (#178364)

    Awesome.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday May 04 2015, @03:25PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday May 04 2015, @03:25PM (#178541) Journal

    Why do I have the feeling that these very same Free-Speech-Warriors would throw a complete shit-fit if they ever saw a penis on TV?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @03:48PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @03:48PM (#178559)

      Why do I have the feeling that these very same Free-Speech-Warriors would throw a complete shit-fit if they ever saw a penis on TV?

      While some of them would. there is distinct strain of atheism [salon.com] that thinks islam is especially deserving of being shat on.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @04:46PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @04:46PM (#178599)

      I also wouldn't like to see a penis on my TV. To start with, if I see it, then obviously no one is standing in front of it, or else he would block the view. But on the side or behind my TV, there's not enough space for someone to stand. Therefore I have to conclude that any penis lying on my TV would have to be cut off. And who wants to see a cut-off penis lying on his TV (or anywhere else)? I certainly don't.