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Terror: US police shoot dead 2 gunmen at exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons,Texas

Police officers address attendees at the Mohammed Art Exhibit and Contest after they are prevented from leaving when it was reported that shots were fired   PHOTO   ;    COURTESY

US: Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire at an exhibit near Dallas of caricatures of Islam's Prophet Mohammad organized by an anti-Islamic group, authorities said on Sunday.

The shooting echoed past attacks or threats in other Western countries against art depicting the Prophet. In January, gunmen killed 12 people in the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in revenge for its cartoons.

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