Embassy in Beirut torched
Protests at the publishment of cartoons by European newspapers showing Prophet Muhammad ended in violence at the Danish embassy in Beirut. The embassy was torched when clashes broke out with the security forces protecting the building.
The cartoons showed the prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban causing outrage in the Muslim community. The cartoons were published by a Danish newspaper on the 30th of September which led the Muslim ambassadors to complain to Danish PMs. The newspaper apologised but German, French, Italian, and Spanish newspapers reprinted the cartoons claiming they were defending freedom of expression leading to the attack on the embassy.
No confirmed injuries or deaths have been reported and the building was unoccupied at the time.
The cartoons showed the prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban causing outrage in the Muslim community. The cartoons were published by a Danish newspaper on the 30th of September which led the Muslim ambassadors to complain to Danish PMs. The newspaper apologised but German, French, Italian, and Spanish newspapers reprinted the cartoons claiming they were defending freedom of expression leading to the attack on the embassy.
No confirmed injuries or deaths have been reported and the building was unoccupied at the time.
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