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Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland

Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland

Failed terrorist attack in Texas, U.S.
🗓️ 3 May 2015

The Curtis Culwell Center attack was a failed terrorist attack on an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, United States, on May 3, 2015, which ended in a shootout with police guarding the event, and the deaths of the two perpetrators. The attackers shot an unarmed Garland Independent School District (GISD) security officer in the ankle. Shortly after opening fire, both attackers were shot by an off-duty Garland police officer and killed by SWAT.

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