DENMARK-SHOOTING/GERMANY VIGIL Vigil held outside Danish embassy in Berlin following shootings

Record ID: 324486

  • Title: DENMARK-SHOOTING/GERMANY VIGIL Vigil held outside Danish embassy in Berlin following shootings
  • Date: 16th February 2015
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 16, 2015) (NIGHT SHOTS) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF NORDIC EMBASSIES BUILDING CANDLES WOMAN CROUCHED BY CANDLES FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) ORGANISER, FREJA MADELEINE STEIN, SAYING: "I'm here because we Danes would like to show our sympathy with the victims in Denmark." DANISH FLAG BY CANDLES AND FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) ORGANISER, FREJA MADELEINE STEIN, ASKED WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE ANY CONSEQUENCES IN PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE ATTACK, SAYING: "No, then they've actually won. We have to protect our values, like tolerance and...diversity, I think that's the word? They are very important, and they should not destroy them." VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES LOOKING AT CANDLES AND FLOWERS
  • Embargoed: 3rd March 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3BAA99S6M0Q4L05SOKJ9APCIU
  • Story Text: Dozens gathered outside the Berlin Danish embassy on Monday (February 16) evening in the wake of deadly attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech at the weekend in Denmark.
    Flowers were laid and candles lit in Danish national colours to commemorate the Copenhagen shootings that have shocked a nation proud of its record of safety and openness.
    Danish organiser, Freja Madeleine Stein, explained her feelings about the event.
    "I'm here because we Danes would like to show our sympathy with the victims in Denmark," she said.
    A 22-year-old gunman opened fire on a cafe in Copenhagen hosting a free speech debate on Saturday, killing one, and attacked a synagogue, killing a guard. The man was later shot dead by police in his neighbourhood of Norrebro, a poor and largely immigrant part of the city with a reputation for gang violence.
    The killings shocked Danes who pride themselves on a welcoming and safe society, and fed into a national debate about the role of immigrants, especially Muslims. The populist Danish People Party, which campaigned against the building of a mosque here, has strong support in the polls.
    Asked whether there should be consequences in people's behaviour after the attacks, Stein said no.
    "No, then they've actually won. We have to protect our values, like tolerance and...diversity, I think that's the word? They are very important, and they should not destroy them," she said.
    Danish police have arrested two people on suspicion of aiding the gunman.
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