Shooting attack on free speech event and synagogue in Denmark. Yahoo/AP

An officer responds to the attack. Yahoo/AP

Two shootings target a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark leave 2 dead and 5 wounded. Yahoo/AP.  Police are not sure if the two events are related but are not ruling it out. The first attack targeted an event put on by Lars Vilks, a cartoonist who drew pictures of Mohamed back in 2007. A gunman opened up with a fully automatic weapon and killed a civilian while wounding 3 police officers. With Vilks in attendance, the obvious motive is Islamic terrorism. A second attack came around midnight where another attack at a synagogue killed a civilian and wounded two cops. Leaders across Europe condemned the attacks.   

My Comment:

As always with these kinds of attacks I think it is important to post the cartoon that these people think it is worth killing people over. 

Lars Vilks

The drawing itself is pretty terrible in terms of actual artistic value, but it's still probably better then anything I can do. That being said it absolutely deserves to exist. If some Swedish guy wants to draw a picture of Mohamed as a dog to raise awareness about how hard it is to criticize Muslims, then I say he should do so. Just because some overly sensitive people care more about their religion then the lives and rights of free people does not mean we should cave into them. If Islam truly wants to be accepted as a legitimate, peaceful religion then they need to do something about the iconoclasts in their faith that wish to censor all images and all criticism of their prophet. Sure, "not all Muslims support terrorism". Of course. But almost all of them think that depicting Mohamed, even for non-Muslims, is a terrible sin. That needs to change and change fast.

Also it is fairly disgusting at how many security measures are needed in Europe right now. In America it wouldn't be uncommon for a controversial political figure to have police protection. If threats are made then police can and should be there to help. But the fact that a synagogue had to have police on site just as guards is insane to me. Though the article didn't say that they were assigned there, I'm assuming they are given the fact that synagogues and Jews in general have been threatened. Although there is certainly antisemitism in the United States the idea that a place of worship would need permanent police protection is hard to comprehend. 

EDIT: Mere minutes after posting this I saw on twitter that police have shot and killed a man who shot at them in Denmark. Way too early to get any more detail then that.