Two killed in US Mohammed cartoon exhibition

Under the banner of Freedom of Speech another two die as fundamentalists on both sides provoke through an art exhibition in Texas.
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Police brief the gathered crowd of the “incident” that had just occurred outside

Two gunmen have been shot by police overnight, after pre-empting a “situation” on the occasion of an art exhibition sponsored by the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI) in Texas.

The exhibition at the Curtis Culwell Centre in Garland, north of Dallas, displayed caricatures and drawings of the Prophet Mohammed. It was an art prize that had attracted around 350 entries, with the winner to receive $10,000.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina