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Copenhagen — Danish police said four were in crisis after being shot at a shopping center in Copenhagen on Sunday, killing three.
Chief Inspector Soren Thomassen told reporters that the shooting was a "terrorist act" and that there were no signs that the suspect had acted with others. ..
"Until this horrific incident, there was some deliberation and preparation (by the suspect)," Thomassen said at a press conference without giving details of the criminal's possible motives.
He said the shooter killed two 17-year-old men and women, and a 47-year-old Russian citizen living in Denmark.
All four gunshot injured were in critical but stable condition, including two Swedish citizens, a 50-year-old man and a 16-year-old woman. Thomassen could not determine if the Swedish citizens lived in Denmark or were just visiting.
Police said many were slightly injured as they fled the scene, but not by gunshots.
The suspect, who police said was known to a Danish psychiatrist, was in possession of a rifle, ammunition and a knife when he was arrested.
It was not immediately clear how a 22-year-old Danish man responded to the preliminary accusation of manslaughter. He will face a cross-examination in front of the judge later on Monday. (Report by Stine Jacobsen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard, edited by Anna Ringstrom and Ed Osmond)
