TERRORISM The alleged assailant of the shooting that left one person dead and three wounded remained at large Saturday night. ..
A man riddled with bullets Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark, a cultural center that housed a debate about Islam and freedom of expression. 20 Minutes reported on this new terrorist attack that hit Europe in the heart
& gt;. & Gt; Relive the sequence of events of the day Saturday …
What has happened?
At 15:30, Paris time, a man, armed with a machine pistol, fired dozens of bullets Krudttønden against the cultural center, located in an affluent neighborhood in the north of the Danish capital. It housed a debate entitled:. “Art, blasphemy and freedom” Dozens of people attended the debate stood under police protection since one of the main participants are Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist author 2007 of a caricature of Mohammed, which earned him an assassination attempt. Also present were the Ambassador of France in Denmark, François Zimeray, but also one of the founders of Femen, Inna Shevchenko.
In a recording broadcast by the BBC means a worker interrupted by dozens of shots banging relentlessly, several per second. France’s ambassador to Denmark François Zimeray describes a brutal assault. “They shot at us from the outside. It was the same intention as [against the attack] Charlie Hebdo except that they were not able to enter, “he has said, while he was still on the scene an hour after the attack.
What are the results?
In the shooting, a man of the assistance was killed and three wounded policemen. Several participants in the debate, including Ambassador and cartoonist, retreated into another room where they will stay for long minutes. The assailant quickly fled the scene in a Volkswagen Polo. The police, who could not determine if it was targeting anyone in particular, went looking for him. According to the intelligence services (PET), the attack was “planned”. For the head of the Danish government Helle Thorning-Schmidt: “Denmark was hit today by a cynical act of violence. All indications are that the shooting was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act. ” At 22:00, the attack had not been claimed.
What is the profile of the alleged assailant?
First, the impression of interviewers is that there were two men, one of which would have helped the other in his flight. But after collecting a multitude of testimonies, the police concluded that there was a man. The man has not kept his car long. He abandoned two kilometers north of the site of the attack, near a train station It was filmed by cameras CCTV, wearing a dark jacket, a hat or a maroon hood and a large black bag. The police then released a photo of the man who was still at large Saturday at 22:30.
From the evidence gathered, investigators released the description of the assailant, a man “between 25 and 30 years old, about 1.85 m, athletic, Arabic appearance (…) straight hair . “
How reacted France?
Francois Hollande quickly expressed on the Danish Prime Minister” any solidarity of France in this event “after this” attack “. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius condemned him “with the greatest firmness” “terrorist attack” against a public meeting, the Elysee immediately announcing sending Bernard Cazeneuve.
For its part the president of the UMP Nicolas Sarkozy denounced on Twitter a “terrorist act that targets our freedoms and our civilization.”
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