Copenhagen Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 5 Wounded

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen, stirring fears that another terror spree was underway in a European capital a month after 17 people were killed in Paris attacks. Police couldn't say whether the shootings at a cultural center Saturday afternoon and in front of the synagogue early Sunday were connected, but didn't rule it out. In both shootings, the gunman got away. "We are looking for two perpetrators," police spokesman Allan Wadsworth-Hansen told reporters.

The first shooting happened shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday. Danish police said the gunman used an automatic weapon to shoot through the windows of the Krudttoenden cultural center during a panel discussion on freedom of expression following the Paris attacks. A 55-year-old man attending the event was killed, while three police officers were wounded. Two belonged to the Danish security service PET, which said the circumstances surrounding the shooting "indicate that we are talking about a terror attack."

The gunman then fled in a carjacked Volkswagen Polo that was found later a few kilometers (miles) away, police said. Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who has faced numerous death threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad, was one of the main speakers at the event, titled "Art, blasphemy and freedom of expression." He was whisked away by his bodyguards unharmed as the shooting began. Vilks, 68, later told The Associated Press he believed he was the intended target of the shooting."What other motive could there be? It's possible it was inspired by Charlie Hebdo," he said, referring to the Jan. 7 attack by Islamic extremists on the French newspaper that had angered Muslims by lampooning Muhammad.

Police spokesman Joergen Skov said it was possible the gunman had planned the "same scenario" as in the Charlie Hebdo massacre.After searching for the first gunman for hours, police reported the second shooting in downtown Copenhagen after midnight Sunday. Wadsworth-Hansen said that gunman opened fire at two police officers outside the synagogue. They were wounded in the arms and legs but were not in life-threatening condition, while a civilian man was killed. The gunman fled on foot.

Sebastian Zepeda, a 19-year-old visitor from London, said he didn't want to leave his hotel room after hearing of the first shooting and was text messaging with his mother when the second shooting happened on the street below."I was on my bed and I heard gunshots. And my heart raced," Zepeda said. "All of a sudden the road was packed with police."Witnesses in a bar across the street from the synagogue said they saw special police teams moving in with automatic rifles.
"We looked out the window and saw this guy lying on the street," said Rasmus Thau Riddersholm, 33. "We were told by police to stay in the back of the room, away from the windows and doors."

Police initially said there were two gunmen at the cultural center but later said they believed there was only one shooter. They described him as 25 to 30 years old with an athletic build and carrying a black automatic weapon. They released a blurred photograph of the suspect wearing dark clothes and a scarf covering part of his face."I saw a masked man running past," said Helle Merete Brix, one of the event's organizers. "I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks."
Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel he heard someone shouting and firing automatic weapons. "Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie," Larsen said.

Visiting the scene of the first shooting, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt called it a "political attack and therefore an act of terror."
François Zimeray, the French ambassador to Denmark who was at the event to speak about the Charlie Hebdo attack, tweeted that he was "still alive." Police said he was not wounded.

French President Francois Hollande called the Copenhagen shooting "deplorable" and said Thorning-Schmidt would have the "full solidarity of France in this trial." French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was arriving Sunday in Copenhagen.Leaders across Europe condemned the violence and expressed support for Denmark. Sweden's security service said it was sharing information with its Danish counterpart, while U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said U.S. officials were ready to help with the investigation and have been in touch with their Danish counterparts.

Vilks has faced several attempted attacks and death threats after he depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog in 2007. A Pennsylvania woman last year got a 10-year prison term for a plot to kill Vilks. In 2010, two brothers tried to burn down his house in southern Sweden and were imprisoned for attempted arson.
Vilks told the AP after the Paris terror attacks that, due to increased security concerns, even fewer organizations were inviting him to give lectures. The depiction of the prophet is deemed insulting to many followers of Islam. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any physical depiction of the Prophet Muhammad — even a respectful one — is considered blasphemous. While many Muslims have expressed disgust at the deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo employees, many were also deeply offended by its cartoons lampooning Muhammad.
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07.15 Danish police believe the man they shot dead at Norrebro station   is gunman behind both Copenhagen attacks which killed two people



05.42 Deceased at the synagogue was a young Jewish man guarding a   Jewish communion party, according to the head of the Jewish community.



05.40 Copenhagen police say the man they killed in shootout at train   station was 'person of interest'. 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 they called out to him "he opened fire against the police and was   thereafter shot."


05.15 Apparently the man shot by police had been under surveillance to   see whether he was behind the two shootings


05.00 Police now saying the person they shot in the train station is   dead. Still unclear if this is the suspect, but they are holding a press   conference at 10 GMT. "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.


04.00 Police now saying they have shot and injured someone in Noerrebro   train station near the synagogue. Unclear at this stage what their condition   is or whether they are the suspect. "The police have fired shots at   Noerrebro Station. One person is hit. Condition unknown," Copenhagen   police wrote on Twitter.

02.10 Checkpoints are being erected over Copenhagen, according to   residents.


00.40 Attacker described as male, wearing black pants and black shoes.   He was also wearing a light grey jacket. Police are urging all people in   central Copenhagen to stay indoors.


00.35 A map of the distance between the two attack locations:

To foreigners, here's a map of the #cphshooting. Green dot is Krudttønden. Red dot is the synagogue in Krystalgade. pic.twitter.com/vsoMxzWxDH
— Tinne Hjersing (@Tinnehjersing) February 15, 2015

00.30 Sky cameraman Pete Milnes said: “There were six or seven gunshots   within a minute or so. Armed police were on the scene and a helicopter was   overhead. There were 20 or 30 armed officers with semi-automatic rifles   shouting at resident to stay inside.”


00.28 Danish television station TV2 says a large metro and train   station nearby, Norreport, is being evacuated.


00.20 Reports just in that one person was shot in the head and two   policeman shot in the arms and legs in the gunfire. Police say it is too   early to say whether the two attacks are related or whether it is the same   gunman. The man fled from the scene on foot.


00.08 Sky News has the news that a man in a grey hooded top has been   surrounded by six armed officers after apparently shooting at Krystalgade   synagogue.

Breaking: RT @RodrigoEBR: Shots fired near Copenhagen main synagogue -Live pictures on Sky News pic.twitter.com/Sn4ZMsekvg
— Inside (@inside) February 15, 2015

BREAKING: Shooting at #Copenhagen synagogue, reports policeman injured, man down http://t.co/bb4WmMIUvn pic @rtridder pic.twitter.com/fGNZ0qWeDR
— RT (@RT_com) February 15, 2015

00.04 We're getting reports of more gunshots in Copenhagen city centre.   Stay tuned.


22.10 BBC has audio of the moment   the shooting started. Makes you realise how lucky many of   them were to escape injury.


21.57 A columnist for French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has   condemned a shooting in Copenhagen that targeted a debate on Islam and free   speech, saying: "We are all Danish tonight".
One man was killed and three police officers were wounded when a gunmen   attacked a cultural centre hosting a seminar attended by the French   ambassador and a Swedish cartoonist who has faced threats over his   depictions of the Prophet Mohammed.
"They targeted an artist and also France," columnist Patrick Pelloux   told AFP. "We must fight fascism at all costs. We are all Danish   tonight."


21.30 New images of suspected gunman emerge as Denmark steps up its   manhunt for art cafe shooter.

20.40 Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told reporters in   Copenhagen: "We feel certain now that it's a politically motivated   attack, and thereby it is a terrorist attack.
"We take this situation extremely seriously. We are in a high alarm all   over the country, and our main priority at this stage is to catch the   perpetrators and make sure that we find them as soon as possible."


19.40 Police have released a physical description of one of the   shooting suspects.
He is described as:
“Male, 25-30 years old, around 185cm tall, athletic build with an Arabic   appearance but with lighter skin than normal and with black, slick hair. He   was wearing a black or dark blue ski coat with matching pants and presumably   gloves. He had covered the bottom part of his face all the way up to the   eyes with a guerrilla scarf in yellow/orange and red.
“He had a black black machine gun/machine rifle. Witnesses described it as   90-100cm long, completely black and plastic-looking.”


19.34 DANISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS COPENHAGEN SHOOTING IS A TERRORIST   ATTACK, WHOLE COUNTRY IS ON HIGH ALERT

19.24 This is the photo released by police of the gunman.

19.16 Police say just one gunman in Copenhagen attack, disseminate   photo of suspect
19.15 David Cameron said his thoughts were with the Danish people,   tweeting: "I condemn the shootings in Copenhagen. Free speech must   always be protected."
18.38 Danish PM calls Copenhagen shooting 'terrorist act'
18.23 More from David Chazan in Paris.


The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, tweeted: "Freedom attacked in   #Copenhagen. Solidarity with the Danes. @BCazeneuve (French interior   minister) is going there. France does not yield. #JeSuisCharlie


18.15 DANISH POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW IF COPENHAGEN SHOOTING   INCIDENT WAS A "TERRORIST ACT" BUT ARE INVESTIGATING IT AS ONE
17.50 Two suspected assailants escaped by vehicle after Copenhagen   attack: police
17.44 More from Inna Shevchenko:
<noframe>Twitter: inna shevchenko - I was at the point of ny speech when i was saying that often it is an illusion that we have freedom of speech in Europe.then we heard shots</noframe>

17.35 Among those inside was Inna Shevchenko, an activist with feminist   group Femen.
She said they are all now at a police station.



17.31 The victim was a 40-year-old Danish man, police have said.
17.30 Copenhagen police confirmed to the Berlingske newspaper that the   suspects wore black and spoke Danish.
The meeting was held under tight security, with delegates subject to searches   as they entered the building.
17.27
Twitter: martinpoulsen - Eyewitness Claire Lambert says see saw group of young males running through Faelledparken immediately after gun 17.22 Some reports suggest that the getaway car - the VW Polo - has   been found abandoned, not far from the cultural centre.


17.13 ONE CIVILIAN DEAD AFTER SHOOTING INCIDENT IN COPENHAGEN - POLICE
17.12 These are the latest images from the cultural centre, showing how   the attackers attempted to storm their way in.

17.01 More from Paris.
David Chazan reports that the French interior minister, Bernard   Cazeneuve, will go to Copenhagen "as soon as possible," the office   of President Hollande announced.
The French foreign minister has condemned what he said was "a terrorist   attack".
16.55 The debate resumed after the shooting, according to one of the   organisers.


Helle Merete Brix told TV2 News:
People actually reacted very calmly, and the meeting continued. We could   not get away, so we continued our discussion.
She said that she and the Swedish cartoonist hid in the cold store of the   cultural centre.
I was in a cold room and kept hold of Lars Vilks' hand. He was very cool.
We stood and told each other bad jokes.
His bodyguards did a tremendous job.
It is a dramatic and unpleasant reminder of what we are up against in these   times.


16.49 The French ambassador, Francois Zimeray, has given a dramatic   account of the attack to AFP news agency.


They fired on us from the outside. It was the same intention as (the   January 7 attack on) Charlie Hebdo except they didn't manage to get in.
Intuitively I would say there were at least 50 gunshots, and the police   here are saying 200.
Bullets went through the doors and everyone threw themselves to the floor.   We managed to flee the room, and now we're staying inside because it's still   dangerous.
The attackers haven't been caught and they could very well still be in the   neighbourhood.


16.46 This is the latest image from the scene.

16.42 Danish police are searching for a VW Polo, registration number AT   25 919.
This tweet, from a local journalist, reads: "WANTED IN COPENHAGEN :   Police are looking for a VW Polo with registration AT 25 919 after shots   fired on Osterbro".
Osterbro is a district in central Copenhagen.

16.36 Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The   Associated Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured.
I saw a masked man running past. A couple of police officers were injured.
I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks.
16.34 Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist, has described himself as "a   constant target".


16.32 A reminder that the French ambassador to Denmark was attending   the discussion.
From Paris, our correspondent David Chazan reports:
Three Danish policemen have been wounded by shots fired at the cultural   centre where a blasphemy debate was being held, the French TV news channel   BFM reported
16.25 Mr Vilks spoke   to The Wall Street Journalabout the Charlie Hebdo attacks,   and said that he refused to hide away in fear.


Police protection doesn’t offer a 100% guarantee as we saw with Charlie   Hebdo but it goes pretty far. I don’t have to lie awake at night listening   for odd sounds.
He has to plan outings in advance because he “can’t go anywhere without a   police escort,” he said.


It’s tricky for me to be spontaneous.
Mr Vilks said he agrees that ridiculing religion in itself doesn’t have a   value—“you need to have a point.” But he rejects the idea that artists and   satirists should tread more carefully in their criticism of Islam.


Almost the entire Muslim world is subject to a theological rule that has a   strange outcome when it comes to human rights. You can’t ignore that.
Then you’re talking tactics, how should one go about to change that.
Some say, you should be very careful, but that’s just postponing the   problem. Sooner or later you have to explain what you’re criticising.

16.23 The event featured Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who in 2007 drew an   image of the Prophet as a dog on a traffic circle.
As a result, Al Qaeda in Iraq placed a $150,000 bounty on his head, and   protests broke out across the Middle East.
He now is protected by bodyguards - his security detail was increased   following the Paris attacks - and was unharmed in today's shooting.


16.21 The shooting took place during a discussion entitled: "Art,   blasphemy and the freedom of expression".


16.19 A Norwegian journalist says that Danish television is reporting   that a civilian in his 30s has been killed.
We have not received any official confirmation of this.
Twitter: Rune Thomas Ege - Breaking: Sources tells Danish one civilian man in his 30s killed, three police officers wounded in Copenhagen terror attack.
16.14 The French ambassador to Denmark, Francois Zimeray, was inside   the cafe at the time.
He has tweeted that he is fine.
Twitter: Frankrigs ambassadør - Still alive in the room
16.11 It is not yet known who is behind the shooting. Two gunmen are   said to be on the run, in a dark-coloured Volkswagen polo.
16.10 Danish media say several shots have been fired at a cafe in   Copenhagen where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held, organized   by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for   caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad in 2007.


The TV2 channel said Saturday there were some 30 bullet holes in the window of   the Krudttoenden cafe and said at least two people were taken away on   stretchers, including a uniformed police officer.

Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The Associated   Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured. When the artist   is in Denmark, he receives police protection.


The cafe in northern Copenhagen, known for its jazz concerts, was hosting an   event titled "Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression" when   the shots were fired.Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel that   he saw two wounded people.





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