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A Somalian man has appeared in court on two charges of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to enter the home of a cartoonist who outraged many Muslims with his depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.

Kurt Westergaard (74), took refuge in a safe room in his Aarhus home after alerting police to an attempted break-in by the man who, police said, was carrying an axe and a knife.