One of the gunmen who staged an attack at an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a Dallas suburb has been identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man previously the target of a terror investigation, ABC News said citing a senior FBI official.
Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside a controversial US contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed.
A police Swat team member told the event in Garland, Texas, that a security guard and two suspects had been shot although it was not clear if the shootings were connected to the event.
Police then put the Curtis Culwell Center on lockdown and told participants not to leave.
Attendees were taken to another room, and the authorities said later that the group would be moved to a nearby school.
The New York-based American Defense Initiative was staging the competition which would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting Muhammad.
Cartoons of the prophet are deemed offensive to many Muslims and have provoked previous attacks and protests.
In 2006 there were demonstrations against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten when it published cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
And in January this year two Islamist gunmen sparked worldwide revulsion when they murdered 12 people at the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published similar cartoons.
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The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
Fears over an impending second wave of coronavirus dominates Wednesday’s front pages.