Police foil assassination attempt on Danish cartoonist

A Somalian man is facing two charges of attempted murder after he was shot by police while attempting to enter the home of a cartoonist who outraged many Muslims with his depiction of the Prophet Mohammed, Danish security sources said.

Kurt Westergaard, 74, took refuge in a safe room in his Aarhus home after alerting police to an attempted break-in by the man who, police said, was carrying an axe and a knife.