Two men have attempted an arson attack at a house of a Swedish cartoonist who drew Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, which angered Muslims and sparked a lot controversy, United Press International (UPI) said.
The 21-year-old and 19-year-old men were arrested on Sunday morning
Lars Vilks was not at his house in Nyhamnslage, Sweden, when the men attempted the attack. Plastic bottles filled with gasoline were found inside the house which windows were shattered.
Earlier this week the Swedish artist was assaulted as furious protesters interrupted his university lecture in Uppsala.
Vilks told the media a man leaped from the front row and head-butted him as he was delivering his speech, breaking Vilks' glasses but leaving him uninjured. Two people were arrested but it wasn't immediately clear whether the attacker was among them.
Vilks' satirical cartoon was published in 2007 by Swedish regional daily Nerikes Allehanda in order to illustrate an editorial on the importance of freedom of expression.
Later al-Qaeda offered some $100,000 to anyone who killed Vilks and some extra $50,000 if a murder slit Vilks' throat. Al-Qaeda also offered $50,000 dollars for a murder of Nerikes Allehanda editor-in-chief Ulf Johansson.
MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti)
