Summary
A police secures the police headquarters in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. Danish police said they believed the man shot dead by officers in Copenhagen on Sunday was responsible for two shootings in the city at a freedom of expression event and a synagogue which killed two people and wounded five. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Copenhagen police said early Sunday they had shot a man dead hours after fatal gun attacks targeting the Danish capital’s main synagogue and a debate on Islam and free speech.
Police are investigating whether the man was behind the shootings.
Five police officers were wounded in the two attacks.
“The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden and the synagogue in Krystalgade,” police said in a statement.
Police said they did not yet have enough information to confirm whether the two gun attacks, which come just weeks after a series of bloody Islamist attacks in Paris that left 17 people dead, were connected.
Police said the gunman who fled the scene of the second shooting had been wearing black trousers, black shoes and a light grey jacket with “multi-colored” parts.
France’s ambassador to Denmark Francois Zimeray, who was present at the debate but was not hurt, told AFP the shooting was an attempt to replicate the January 7 attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris which killed 12 people.
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