According to the prosecution, the fatal crash was caused by a burst ring.
15.6. 20:04
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilksin and the crash that caused the deaths of two police officers last year was an accident, the local prosecutor said. The investigation of the case has been closed and no crime was found in the crash.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the fatal crash was caused by a flat tire that caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Vilks, who was under police protection, was traveling with two police officers when a car carrying them collided with a truck in southern Sweden last October.
Police in the car and Vilks died in the accident. The 47-year-old driver of the truck was seriously injured but survived.
Wolf was known to the public for, among other things, cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. He had been subjected to assassination attempts and death threats due to cartoons. He had been under police protection since 2007.
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