Copenhagen shooting: One dead in deadly seminar attack

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14 February 2015
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Denmark is on high alert after a gunman in Copenhagen killed one person and injured three at a free speech debate attended by a Swedish cartoonist.

Several dozen shots were fired at the seminar and a manhunt is now under way.

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt described it as a "politically motivated" act of terrorism.


Cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has faced death threats over his caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, was unhurt.


He told the Associated Press news agency that he believed he was the intended target of the attack.


"I'm not shaken at all by this incident," he added. "Not the least.''
Police had initially thought there were two suspects, but later said they were searching for a lone gunman.


They released photographs showing the alleged attacker apparently wearing a purple balaclava and thick puffer jacket.


The three injured were police officers.

BBC News - Copenhagen shooting: One dead in deadly seminar attack

 

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The White House on Saturday denounced the deadly shooting in the Danish capital of Copenhagen as “deplorable”, pledging help needed for the investigation into the double attack which claimed at least one life.


“The United States condemns today’s deplorable shooting in Copenhagen,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement, offering condolences over the death of a Danish man killed in the first attack.


“We have been in close contact with our Danish counterparts and stand ready to lend any assistance necessary to the investigation,” she added.


Three police officers were injured in the shooting that took at a cultural centre place on Saturday, where French Ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray and Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks were participating in a meeting under the name of “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression”.


At least one person was killed and two policemen injured in the second attack near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, police said in a statement early Sunday.

US condemns Denmark shooting, calls it ?deplorable' - The Hindu