Swedish 'Mohammad' cartoonist Lars Vilks killed in car crash

FILE PHOTO: A view of a scene after an accident between a car and a lorry in which three people died, including Swedish artist Lars Vilks, outside the town Markaryd in Sweden October 3, 2021. TT News Agency/ Johan Nilsson via REUTERS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.

Vilks, 75, who had been living under police protection since the drawings were published, was travelling in a police vehicle which collided with a truck. Two police officers were also killed.