A Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's cartoon has died in a traffic accident, according to local media.
He was reportedly travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck in southern Sweden. Two police officers were also killed and the truck driver was injured. Vilks lived under police protection after being subjected to death threats over the cartoon.
The cartoon, published in 2007, offended many Muslims who regard visual representation of the Prophet as blasphemous. It came a year after a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet.