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Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas

Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-05-04 07:22 GMT
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)
Police prevent Charlie Hebdo-style attack from radical Islamists at convention centre in Dallas

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