A planned 'Draw Mohammed' exhibition in London where cartoons of Prophet Mohammed was to showcased has been cancelled after counter-terror police warned the organiser that people could be killed if it took place, reports Huffington Post. Dutch politician Geert Wilders who had aired Prophet Mohammed cartoons on Netherland's National Television was supposed to talk at the event.

Anne Marie Waters, former UKIP candidate and Sharia Watch director and the organiser of the event, said that she cancelled the the exhibition as there was a 'real possibility that people could be hurt or killed - before, during, and after the event'.

While Waters has added that the UK police did not force her to cancel the event, she said that situation has confirmed her suspicions that Britain had become a "frightened nation".

Police didn't pressure for the cancellation of Mo cartoons, they were excellent. It was simply too great a risk for too few people. — Anne Marie Waters (@AMDWaters) August 19, 2015

The police issued statement saying, "Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service were approached by, and spoke to the organiser of an event which was to take place in London in September. Based on that discussion, the organiser made the decision not to hold the event." They declined to discuss the intelligence leading to the warning.

Waters says was turned down by more than 200 galleries for the event and was the one which agreed too pulled down their offer due to security and insurance concerns. Waters said that this chain of events had lead her to believe that Britain had become a frightened nation.

Earlier, two gunmen were killed and a security guard was injured in Garland, Texas where free activists were holding a 'Draw Mohammed' event. A shooting incident in Copenhagen targeted a free speech event where a artist who had caricatured the Prophet..One person was killed.

Waters' supporters have expressed disappointment over the pulling down of the event. The aim to hold such an exhibition was to have fear-free Mohammed cartoon contest, the Sharia Watch head said.

She has also said that there is a need to campaign for safeguarding free speech, 'especially from Islam'. She added that she hoped to take the campaign to the world stage, "I will contact every organisation, politician, writer, and advocate for free speech that I can find,".