DENMARK-SHOOTING/MORNING-STATION/BODY Danish police shoot one after Copenhagen attack
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324461
DENMARK-SHOOTING/MORNING-STATION/BODY Danish police shoot one after Copenhagen attack
- Title: DENMARK-SHOOTING/MORNING-STATION/BODY Danish police shoot one after Copenhagen attack
- Date: 15th February 2015
- Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (FEBRUARY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) IN NORREBRO, POLICE CARS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS BEHIND CORDON VARIOUS OF POLICE FORCES NEAR POLICE CAR VARIOUS OF POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING BLUE LIGHTS POLICE OFFICERS TALKING BEHIND POLICE CORDON VARIOUS POLICE MEN STANDING GUARD BEHIND CORDON POLICE VANS DRIVING THROUGH POLICE CAR WITH FLASHING BLUE LIGHTS MORE OF POLICE FORCES VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN AREA NEAR SYNAGOGUE
- Embargoed: 2nd March 2015 12:00
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- Location: Denmark
- Country: Denmark
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA6EPE6C1JW7Z85AFRQPO7KFU5V
- Story Text: Danish police shot and killed a man in Copenhagen on Sunday (February 15) near the sites of earlier gun attacks that killed two people and wounded five police officers.
The attacks targetted a cafe hosting controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks who had been threatened with death due to his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, and a synagogue.
One man died in the first attack and another died in the attack on a synagogue close by.
Danish police later said they believed the man was responsible for two shootings in the city at a freedom of expression event and a synagogue.
"The man was hailed. He opened fire against the police and was then shot to death. The man has died. No police officers were hit," the police said in a statement of the incident in the Norrebro area of the city.
Police were unable to apprehend the attacker in both incidents, launching a massive manhunt with helicopters roaring overhead and an array of armoured vehicles on the usually peaceful streets of Copenhagen. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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