January 2, 2010 5:51 PM

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Cartoonist shot dead by Danish police

Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose controversial cartoon sparked an international row. A Somali man linked to Islamist al-Shabab militia broke in to his house with an axe and a knife. <br/><br/>The cartoonist with his young granddaughter scrambled into a room at his home in Aarhus and escaped the attempt on his life. He also later attacked a police patrol. Police said the suspect was shot in the knee and the shoulder, but his life was not in danger.<br/>

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