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Police shoot man dead after Denmark attacks
Updated: 4:39 pm, Sunday, 15 February 2015
Danish police have shot dead a man near a train station, hours after two people were killed and six wounded in twin shootings in Copenhagen.
'The police have fired shots at Noerrebro Station. One person is hit,' Copenhagen police wrote on Twitter.
Police later confirmed the man had died.
'The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden and the synagogue in Krystalgade,' police said in a statement.
The exchange of fire took place in the multicultural inner-city neighbourhood of Noerrebro where police had been keeping an address under observation earlier in the day.
'At one point a person who could be interesting in relation to the investigation arrived at the site,' police said.
After police called out to him 'he opened fire against the police and was thereafter shot,' the statement added.
No police officers were injured in the exchange of fire.
A 55-year-old man was killed on Saturday when a gunman sprayed bullets at Copenhagen's Krudttoenden cultural centre as it hosted a seminar in which Lars Vilks - the Swedish artist whose controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon sparked protests in 2007 - was among the speakers.
Hours later, a man was shot in the head and killed near Copenhagen's main synagogue in the city centre.
A huge manhunt operation was underway in Denmark overnight after the attacker fled following both shootings.
Two policemen were wounded in the shooting at the synagogue, and three more officers hurt in the cultural centre attack.
Police said they do not have enough information to confirm whether the two shootings were linked.
Two people have been killed and another five injured in shootings in the Danish capital, with one attack targeting a cultural centre that was hosting a debate on Islam and free speech.
The second incident, close to Copenhagen's main synagogue in the city centre, saw one person shot in the head and two policemen also injured, police said in a statement early on Sunday.
A 40-year-old man was killed by gunmen at the Krudttonden cultural centre and three police officers wounded.
It was not confirmed if the two incidents, which come just weeks after a series of bloody Islamist attacks in Paris that left 17 people dead, were related.
Swedish artist Lars Vilks - the author of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons that sparked worldwide protests in 2007 - was among those at the debate.
Police said a manhunt was underway for the gunman who targeted the talk, who had fled the scene after exchanging fire with officers.
They have released a photo of the suspect, a man in a dark anorak and a maroon hat carrying a black bag.
They described him as 25-30 years old, around 185cm tall, with an athletic build.
Swedish security services said they were on alert for any attempt by the suspect to cross the bridge from Denmark to Sweden.
Danish Prime Minister Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt described the assault as 'a terrorist attack', while the United States branded it 'deplorable'.
The windows of the cultural centre were pock-marked by multiple bullet holes.
French ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who had been present at the debate but was not hurt, said the shooting was an attempt to replicate the January 7 attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris which killed 12 people.
'They shot from the outside (and) had the same intention as Charlie Hebdo, only they didn't manage to get in,' he said by telephone from the venue.
'Intuitively I would say there were at least 50 gunshots, and the police here are saying 200,' he told AFP.
'Bullets went through the doors and everyone threw themselves to the floor,' he added.
The BBC released a chilling recording of the moment a speaker at the event was interrupted by a volley of gunshots.
Danish intelligence services (PET) indicated that the attack had been 'planned', but police said it was not clear whether any particular person had been the target.
Police initially said two suspects had fled the scene in a Volkswagen Polo. The car was found abandoned around two hours after the attack.
After witness statements indicated there was just one attacker, police later said they were hunting for a lone gunman.
Media reports said it was likely the gunman used an automatic rifle to fire as many rounds as possible in a short time.
'Denmark has today been hit by a cynical act of violence. Everything leads us to believe that the shooting was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act,' the Danish premier said in a statement.
The shootings come at a time of heightened security and rising fears of Islamist violence, after gunmen launched the worst attack in half a century on the streets of Paris last month.
Anti-terror sweeps carried out across Europe since mid-January have resulted in the arrests of dozens of suspected jihadists and seizures of large stocks of weapons and explosives.
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Police shoot man dead after Denmark attacks
Updated: 4:39 pm, Sunday, 15 February 2015
Danish police have shot dead a man near a train station, hours after two people were killed and six wounded in twin shootings in Copenhagen.
'The police have fired shots at Noerrebro Station. One person is hit,' Copenhagen police wrote on Twitter.
Police later confirmed the man had died.
'The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden and the synagogue in Krystalgade,' police said in a statement.
The exchange of fire took place in the multicultural inner-city neighbourhood of Noerrebro where police had been keeping an address under observation earlier in the day.
'At one point a person who could be interesting in relation to the investigation arrived at the site,' police said.
After police called out to him 'he opened fire against the police and was thereafter shot,' the statement added.
No police officers were injured in the exchange of fire.
A 55-year-old man was killed on Saturday when a gunman sprayed bullets at Copenhagen's Krudttoenden cultural centre as it hosted a seminar in which Lars Vilks - the Swedish artist whose controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon sparked protests in 2007 - was among the speakers.
Hours later, a man was shot in the head and killed near Copenhagen's main synagogue in the city centre.
A huge manhunt operation was underway in Denmark overnight after the attacker fled following both shootings.
Two policemen were wounded in the shooting at the synagogue, and three more officers hurt in the cultural centre attack.
Police said they do not have enough information to confirm whether the two shootings were linked.
Two people have been killed and another five injured in shootings in the Danish capital, with one attack targeting a cultural centre that was hosting a debate on Islam and free speech.
The second incident, close to Copenhagen's main synagogue in the city centre, saw one person shot in the head and two policemen also injured, police said in a statement early on Sunday.
A 40-year-old man was killed by gunmen at the Krudttonden cultural centre and three police officers wounded.
It was not confirmed if the two incidents, which come just weeks after a series of bloody Islamist attacks in Paris that left 17 people dead, were related.
Swedish artist Lars Vilks - the author of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons that sparked worldwide protests in 2007 - was among those at the debate.
Police said a manhunt was underway for the gunman who targeted the talk, who had fled the scene after exchanging fire with officers.
They have released a photo of the suspect, a man in a dark anorak and a maroon hat carrying a black bag.
They described him as 25-30 years old, around 185cm tall, with an athletic build.
Swedish security services said they were on alert for any attempt by the suspect to cross the bridge from Denmark to Sweden.
Danish Prime Minister Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt described the assault as 'a terrorist attack', while the United States branded it 'deplorable'.
The windows of the cultural centre were pock-marked by multiple bullet holes.
French ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who had been present at the debate but was not hurt, said the shooting was an attempt to replicate the January 7 attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris which killed 12 people.
'They shot from the outside (and) had the same intention as Charlie Hebdo, only they didn't manage to get in,' he said by telephone from the venue.
'Intuitively I would say there were at least 50 gunshots, and the police here are saying 200,' he told AFP.
'Bullets went through the doors and everyone threw themselves to the floor,' he added.
The BBC released a chilling recording of the moment a speaker at the event was interrupted by a volley of gunshots.
Danish intelligence services (PET) indicated that the attack had been 'planned', but police said it was not clear whether any particular person had been the target.
Police initially said two suspects had fled the scene in a Volkswagen Polo. The car was found abandoned around two hours after the attack.
After witness statements indicated there was just one attacker, police later said they were hunting for a lone gunman.
Media reports said it was likely the gunman used an automatic rifle to fire as many rounds as possible in a short time.
'Denmark has today been hit by a cynical act of violence. Everything leads us to believe that the shooting was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act,' the Danish premier said in a statement.
The shootings come at a time of heightened security and rising fears of Islamist violence, after gunmen launched the worst attack in half a century on the streets of Paris last month.
Anti-terror sweeps carried out across Europe since mid-January have resulted in the arrests of dozens of suspected jihadists and seizures of large stocks of weapons and explosives.