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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.
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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.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday May 04 2015, @11:58PM
If you have ever wondered why countries tend to become more authoritarian: One reason is that people have trouble to distinguish between legal and OK, thinking that everything that s legal also is OK.
No, I don't buy that at all. Instead, it's a standard mindset of anything that isn't subjectively OK should be made illegal. It is the duty of the authorities to enforce a particular moral order.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday May 05 2015, @08:01AM
There's no such thing as absolute morality, or at least, no one has been able to scientifically demonstrate that such a thing exists.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday May 05 2015, @08:03AM
So, if people have such a mindset, then they are being rather illogical.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:38AM