Swedish artist threatened over Prophet Mohammed sketch killed in road accident

Swedish artist Lars Vilks (Bjorn Lindgren/TT via AP)

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Mohammed with a dog’s body brought death threats, has died in a traffic accident.

The 75-yer-old and two plain-clothed police bodyguards were killed in a head-on crash with a truck on Sunday afternoon, said Carina Persson, police chief for southern Sweden.