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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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:39AM (#178416)

    Poking the bear translates to living in fear.

    Freedom of speech is a core tenet in America. If crazy people cant handle it, they're welcome to come and get shot.

    God bless Texas.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:46PM (#178828)

    Freedom of speech is a core tenet in America

    God bless Texas

    Good. Lets have a PRIDE parade in Texas. Lets see freedom of speech in action.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:58PM (#178833)

      > Lets have a PRIDE parade in Texas. Lets see freedom of speech in action.

      Here you go [northtexaspride.com]
      That area where this anti-muslim thing was held - the suburbs north of Dallas - is relatively liberal and cosmopolitan. Not Austin level, but still pretty good.. It helps that it is "telecom corridor" so there are a lot of upper-middle class people from all over the world living there. Including plenty of muslims from India and Pakistan.