Attack in Copenhagen during a debate on Islam and freedom … – Les Echos

Attack in Copenhagen during a debate on Islam and freedom … – Les Echos

+ VIDEO One civilian was killed and three policemen were wounded by gunfire at a meeting attended by the Swedish artist Lars Vilks controversial and Ambassador France. The Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will go “promptly” in Copenhagen, announces the Elysee

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Dozens of shots were fired Saturday afternoon in Copenhagen against a building that hosted a debate on Islam and freedom of expression which involved the author of the Mohammed cartoons and the Ambassador of France, killing one civilian and wounding three policemen who were trying to protect the scene.

The two shooters according to witnesses who were dressed in black and speaking Danish, would then fled in a black car. The latter, a Volswagen Polo was found abandoned by the police soon after.

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President Francois Hollande immediately expressed the solidarity of France while his part, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will go “promptly” in Copenhagen, as a result of this “attack”

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Prime Minister Manuel Valls also said on Twitter solidarity with the Danes

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At least 50 shots

Following the shooting, the Ambassador of France tweeted to say that it is “alive”:

“They shot at us from the outside . It was the same for Charlie Hebdo except that they were not able to enter, “said the ambassador François Zimeray, joined while he was still at the scene.

Three policemen were injured in the street trying to protect the scene, said the Danish media quoted witnesses at the scene. “Intuitively I would say that there was at least 50 shots, and the police tell us here 200. balls have passed through the doors and everyone was thrown to the ground,” he has said.

“We managed to escape from the room, and there it stays inside because it is still critical. The attackers were not caught, they may well still be in the neighborhood, “said François Zimeray shortly after 1600 GMT.

“There were dozens of people” in the room, wrote on Twitter of Femen activist who attended the debate, Inna Shevchenko.

Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist, is known for having published in 2007 cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad. He lives under police protection since.