Too bad they didn't hit him in the head:
A 27-year-old Somalian was wounded in the incident at the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, 74, who drew cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed.
Guards stopped three men trying to break into the house, Danish media reported.
The intruder is being held in custody, police said.
"At 10pm this evening, a personal alarm was received from Mr Westergaard's house," chief superintendant Morten Jensen, from East Jutland police, said.
Officers found the man "armed with an axe and a knife in either hand".
Chief Supt Jensen said: "He broke a window of Mr Westergarrds house. He tried to attack one officer with an axe and he was shot in his right leg and his left arm.
"He's not seriously injured, he's in custody," he added.
Denmark's Ritzau news agency said police sappers were sent in to the home to look for a bomb that might have been laid.
Kurt Westergaard
Westergaard's cartoons angered Muslims
The Danish cartoonist caused fury in the Islamic world four years ago after a Danish newspaper published his drawings of Mohammed wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb.
There were violent protests in many Islamic countries that lead to dozens of deaths in Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan.
Demonstrators burned Danish flags in protests that culminated in February 2006 with the torching of Danish diplomatic offices in Damascus and Beirut.
Mr Westergaard received several death threats.
Families' fury as body of last British hostage set for release | World news | The Guardian
A 27-year-old Somalian was wounded in the incident at the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, 74, who drew cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed.
Guards stopped three men trying to break into the house, Danish media reported.
The intruder is being held in custody, police said.
"At 10pm this evening, a personal alarm was received from Mr Westergaard's house," chief superintendant Morten Jensen, from East Jutland police, said.
Officers found the man "armed with an axe and a knife in either hand".
Chief Supt Jensen said: "He broke a window of Mr Westergarrds house. He tried to attack one officer with an axe and he was shot in his right leg and his left arm.
"He's not seriously injured, he's in custody," he added.
Denmark's Ritzau news agency said police sappers were sent in to the home to look for a bomb that might have been laid.
Kurt Westergaard
Westergaard's cartoons angered Muslims
The Danish cartoonist caused fury in the Islamic world four years ago after a Danish newspaper published his drawings of Mohammed wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb.
There were violent protests in many Islamic countries that lead to dozens of deaths in Nigeria, Libya and Pakistan.
Demonstrators burned Danish flags in protests that culminated in February 2006 with the torching of Danish diplomatic offices in Damascus and Beirut.
Mr Westergaard received several death threats.
Families' fury as body of last British hostage set for release | World news | The Guardian
