A post & # XE9 police officer in central Copenhagen, 15 f & # XE9, February 2015.
A policeman stationed in the center of Copenhagen, 15 February 2015 – MARTIN Sylvest / Scanpix DENMARK / AFP

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In Copenhagen, the police shot a man Sunday morning after a manhunt to find the perpetrator or perpetrators of two shootings that left two dead and five injured in the Danish capital. The police believe that this is the author of two attacks, and think he acted alone, but without having the certainty.

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Man shot had opened fire on security forces, police said who was speaking after two shootings Saturday in Copenhagen, in a cultural center and near the synagogue of the city

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The exchange of fire between the man and the police took place in the neighborhood popular 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,” explained the police. When the officers shouted, “He opened fire.” No police officer was injured.

Who is the suspect? The Danish police has not yet said, and the media are not moving track. At a press conference Sunday in the early morning, police said only that it had located the man with a call from a taxi driver describing a man who resembled filmed by video surveillance cameras . “We believe that this is the same man who is the author of both shootings,” is simply stated a police spokesman Torben Jensen Moelgaard at a press conference .

While the police had circulated in the evening a photo of the suspect areas of the Danish capital was curly but “it is not a General curfew. People can move in Copenhagen in security, “said the spokesman. After the first shooting, the head of the Danish government, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, denounced “a cynical act of violence” and said that “every indication that the shooting (…) was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act. “