Swedish Mohammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Attacked but Undaunted - Video

Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist-cartoonist who depicted Islam's Prophet Mohammad as a dog in a caricature in 2007, was attacked in a classroom in Uppsala, Sweden, Tuesday, while giving a lecture regarding his experiences with censorship.

Vilks has been under a fatwa issued by Al Qaeda Muslim extremists offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who murders him. It appears that yesterday's assailant initially head butted Vilks, but was then quickly subdued by Swedish policemen before he could inflict more damage.

The lecture was being filmed by a Swedish TV station, but the cameraman missed filming the actual assault because he had directed his camera toward a screening of a film that Vilks was discussing. Once the assault had begun and by the time the camera was again pointed in Vilks' direction, he was already on the floor.

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Live Video of Indonesia Hotel Bomb Blast

Security cameras captured a bomb blast as it occurred at one of two American hotels in Jarkarta, Indonesia. Eight people were killed and over 50 were wounded, including eight Americans.

The blasts occurred at the high-rise J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, located side-by-side in an upscale business district in Jakarta.

Police claim that the bombers posed as guests in the American hotels and set off a pair of blasts Friday after evading hotel security. They apparently smuggled explosives into the Marriott and assembled the bombs in a room on the 18th floor, where an undetonated device was found after the explosions.

The bomber stayed at the hotels for two days, and both blasts were set off in the hotel dining rooms.

"They had been using the room as their command post since July 15, and today they were supposed to check out," police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said.

Security Minister Widodo Adi Sucipto told reporters the explosions happened at 7:45 a.m. and 7:47 a.m. (0045 and 0047 GMT, 8:45 p.m. and 8:47 p.m. EDT) and that "high explosives were used."

Members of the Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group are suspected being involved in the bombing.

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The following is an embedded video supplied by Fox News of a bomb blast as it occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia:



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Citations:

1) "Bombers Posing as Guests Assembled Explosives in Jakarta Hotel Room." FoxNews.com. 17 Jul 2009, 17:35 UTC. 17 Jul 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533566,00.html

2) "Hotel Horror." Video. FoxNews.com. 17 Jul 2009, 17:35 UTC. 17 Jul 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=6994439&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533566,00.html

3) "Jakarta Luxury Hotel Blast." Photos. FoxNews.com. 17 Jul 2009, 17:35 UTC. 17 Jul 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7663,00.html#6_0