Jihadists on Twitter have called for the killing of Larry Pickering, an Australian cartoonist who published a disparaging image of the prophet on his website in January of 2015.
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In January this year, Larry Pickering was placed under protective police surveillance after he posted a picture depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad on his website.
Pickering posted a drawing on his website on Friday depicting the prophet on a spit roast, skewered on a pencil.
Police reportedly told Pickering to warn them if he was planning to post any similar images in the future.
Larry Pickering designed the cartoon a few days after the deadly attack on the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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Larry Pickering is an Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator of books and calendars.
The winner of four Walkley Awards for his work, Pickering largely retired from political cartooning in the 1980s, but returned to the field in 2011.
