Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas
4 May 2015 12:52 PM IST
Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas
Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack Sunday outside a controversial Dallas-area event where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo: AP)- The Dallas Morning News reported that critics of the art exhibit, sponsored by a group called the American Freedom Defence Initiative, had condemned the event as an attack on Islam, but that organizers had said they were merely exercising their
- There was no immediate word from police or other authorities about the identity or background of the two suspects. (Photo: AP)
- Garland police officers then exchanged fire with the gunmen, and both suspects were shot dead. (Photo: AP)
- The two armed suspects drove up to the front of the building in a car as the event, called the "Muhammad Art Exhibit," was coming to an end, and began shooting at a security officer. (Photo: AP)
- The centre is a special-events venue that hosts graduation ceremonies, concerts, trade shows, weddings and sporting events in Garland, northeast of Dallas. (Photo: AP)
- The shooting, an echo of past attacks or threats in other Western countries on art depicting the Prophet, was reported shortly before 7 pm at the Curtis Culwell Center. (Photo: AP)
- A police officer walks around the perimeter of the Curtis Culwell Center after authorities reported a shooting outside the building. Two gunmen opened fire on Sunday at an art exhibit in Garland, Texas, featuring depictions of the Prophet Mohammad
- People are sequestered by members of the Garland Police Department inside the Curtis Culwell Center after authorities reported the shooting. (Photo: AP)
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Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack Sunday outside a controversial Dallas-area event where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo: AP)
Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas
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