Credit: CLAUS BJORN LARSEN / AFP A shootout erupted in Copenhagen One dead and three wounded
A month after the attacks that hit Paris Copenhagen is in turn hit by a series of shootings. A man opened fire Saturday, February 14th a cultural center that housed a debate about Islam and freedom of expression , which involved the author of a caricature of Mohammed and the Ambassador of France, making one death and wounding three policemen . In total two people died, five policemen were injured and the suspect was shot by the Danish police.
“Denmark was hit today by a cynical act of violence. There is evidence that the shooting (…) was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act,” said the head of the Danish government, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Paris immediately condemned “with the utmost firmness” the “terrorist attack” which occurred around 15 hours.
50 shots fired at the Cultural Center
“They shot at us from the outside. It was the same for the attack against Charlie Hebdo except that they have not managed to get “a-t- he said, while he was still on the scene an hour after the attack. The attack on 7 January in Paris by two French jihadists against the satirical weekly killed 12 people. The attackers entered the newsroom and opened it on fire before killing a policeman in their flight.
In Copenhagen, “intuitively I would say that there was at least 50 shots , and police here say we 200. balls have passed through the doors and everyone was thrown to the ground, “he told the ambassador of France. “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 M . Zimeray.
Lars Vilks , Swedish artist, has been the subject of several threats and attacks from published in summer 2007 with a drawing representing the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body . It moves only under escort. The intelligence services (PET) indicated that the attack was “planned”. But police found that the question of the person or persons referred specifically was “not obvious”.
A second attack near a synagogue
A few hours later, shortly after midnight, a new shooting exploded near a synagogue. Allan Teddy Wadsworth-Hansen, a Jewish man dies in this new attack, hit in the head, while two police officers are also affected. One policeman was shot in the leg and another in the arm. The balance is increasing all two dead and five wounded.
The suspect was shot
A few hours after the two shootings, suspect was shot by police . The man, who had opened fire on the police, was fatally wounded. The exchange of fire between the man and the police took place in the popular area of Noerrebro , where authorities had placed a home under surveillance. “At one point, a person who could be linked to the investigation arrived at the scene,” said the police. When the officers shouted, “he opened fire.” No police officer was injured.
During a press conference a few hours later, police said she thought she had killed the suspect of the two shootings the cultural center and synagogue. However, the police remained silent on the identity of the alleged gunman. The only items on it are a photo released late Saturday afternoon, accompanied by this description: “ between 25 and 30 years old, about 1.85 m, athletic, Arabic appearance, (. ..) smooth hair “. The man’s motives are not known and no claim has been made public.
Bernard Cazeneuve will visit the site
The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius condemned” with the utmost firmness “the” terrorist attack “and French President Francois Hollande expressed at the Danish Prime Minister” full solidarity of France in this test “.
His interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that he was going “without delay” in Copenhagen . The police had established a wide security perimeter around the premises in order to make the initial findings. “It’s something we feared after Charlie Hebdo “, told the AFP the secretary general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Christophe Deloire. “It is clear that ultra-radical groups are waging a war against freedom of expression, freedom against irreverent criticism of religions and against the simple freedom to debate “.
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