DENMARK-SHOOTING/SYNAGOGUE POLICE Police cordon off streets near Copenhagen synagogue after shooting

Record ID: 324464

  • Title: DENMARK-SHOOTING/SYNAGOGUE POLICE Police cordon off streets near Copenhagen synagogue after shooting
  • Date: 15th February 2015
  • Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (FEBRUARY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) ++ NIGHTS SHOTS ++ HEAVY ARMED SPECIAL FORCES IN STREET NEAR SYNAGOGUE CLOSE-UP OF WEAPONS SPECIAL POLICE FORCES VEHICLE ARRIVING TO THE SCENE WIDE OF POLICE PRESENCE ON CORDONED OFF STREET NEAR SYNAGOGUE WIDE OF AMBULANCES AND AMBULANCE STAFF AMBULANCE STAFF POLICE CARS DRIVING AWAY ARMED POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING ENTRANCE TO PARK NEAR SYNAGOGUE WIDE OF ARMED POLICE AND POLICE CAR AT PARK ENTRANCE ARMED SPECIAL POLICE FORCES IN PARK VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE
  • Embargoed: 2nd March 2015 12:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3SEP3S970NGVE4PTAY8C8AWF3
  • Story Text: Police cordoned off the streets near a synagogue in central Copenhagen on Sunday (February 15) after an attack that left one person dead and two police wounded.
    Danish police said it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an arts cafe.
    Danish television station TV2 said a large metro and train station nearby, Norreport, was being evacuated and people in the area were told to stay indoors. A large area around the synagogue was cordoned off and police was seen searching a nearby park.
    The news followed a shooting attack earlier Saturday (February 14) on a cafe which hosted a debate on freedom of speech and was attended by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has been threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. One man died in that attack, and police said a suspect was still at large.
    Police could not yet describe the precise condition of the person shot in the head or the police officers who were hurt in the synagogue attack.
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