DENMARK-SHOOTING/FUNERAL UPDATE Jewish synagogue shooting victim laid to rest in Copenhagen
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324490
DENMARK-SHOOTING/FUNERAL UPDATE Jewish synagogue shooting victim laid to rest in Copenhagen
- Title: DENMARK-SHOOTING/FUNERAL UPDATE Jewish synagogue shooting victim laid to rest in Copenhagen
- Date: 18th February 2015
- Summary: COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (FEBRUARY 18, 2015) (REUTERS) SECURITY STANDING AT THE GATES TO CEMETERY MOURNERS ARRIVING FOR FUNERAL MOURNERS WALKING THROUGH GATES MAN WALKING ALONG PATH / GROUP GATHERED OUTSIDE CHURCH ARMED POLICE STANDING NEXT TO CAR VARIOUS OF COFFIN BEING ROLLED OUT (SOUNDBITE) (English) COPENHAGEN CHIEF RABBI, JAIR MELCHIOR, SAYING: "Any way of trying to make hatred and all these kinds of racist things, you won't hear them here and you won't hear them in the future. We will continue that way. I don't have a message to the Muslim community, I have a message to people, to all people, that we have to do things differently, talk to each other, meet each other, know each other in our differences - we shouldn't be all the same." FUNERAL PROCESSION, DANISH PRIME MINISTER, HELLE THORNING-SCHMIDT, AMONG MOURNERS VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION ARMED POLICE PATROLLING AREA VARIOUS OF THORNING-SCHMIDT LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) COPENHAGEN CHIEF RABBI, JAIR MELCHIOR, SAYING: "If you want to do good, start doing that. Make a change, make a difference, do exactly like Dan (Uzan) did in his life, not in his death, in his life, in his every day. This is our message. This is Dan's message to everyone around." VARIOUS OF MOURNERS STANDING / POLICE PATROLLING
- Embargoed: 5th March 2015 12:00
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- Location: Denmark
- Country: Denmark
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAA1XDKXD6SN8CBDW2UU29NKIYP
- Story Text: Hundreds of people on Wednesday (February 18) attended the funeral of Dan Uzan, the Jewish volunteer security guard who was killed in the Copenhagen shootings on Sunday (February 15).
Among the mourners were family, friends, representatives of the Jewish community and the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Security was tight, with police dogs on the grounds and snipers on nearby rooftops, according to local media.
The church was not big enough for everyone, so some people had to follow the service on loudspeakers outside.
Copenhagen's Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior called on people to talk to each other and acknowledge differences in the aftermath of the shootings.
"Any way of trying to make hatred and all these kinds of racist things, you won't hear them here and you won't hear them in the future. We will continue that way. I don't have a message to the Muslim community, I have a message to people, to all people, that we have to do things differently, talk to each other, meet each other, know each other in our differences - we shouldn't be all the same," he said.
Melchior also urged people to "do good".
"If you want to do good, start doing that, make a change, make a difference, do exactly like Dan (Uzan) did in his life, not in his death, in his life, his every day. This is our message. This is Dan's message to everyone around," he added.
37-year-old Uzan was killed outside Copenhagen's main synagogue in the early hours of Sunday (February 15) morning.
The gunman, reported in Danish media to be Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, first attacked a cafe hosting a free speech event on Saturday (February 14), probably trying to kill Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who has received death threats for drawings of the Prophet Mohammad.
The gunman then attacked the synagogue, killing Uzan, before police killed him in a shootout on Sunday. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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