Sunday, Copenhagen shopping center in Denmark shot dead and several A person was killed. Police arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and added that he could not deny that it was a "terrorist act."
"We also know that people were injured and people were killed," police chief {73. } Inspector Soren Thomassen said. Journalists added that police have launched a large-scale search operation throughout the local Zeland region.
Thomassen refused to talk about the suspect's potential motives and whether he was known to the police.
Copenhagen Police , after reporting , police officers in the field in the Danish capital late Sunday afternoon } Said it was sent to Mall . He told me to wait for help with the shooting of and staying with the people in the center.
Currently, there were no signs that there were other shooters, police said.
The capital's main hospital, Rigshospitalet, was accepting a "small patient group of " for treatment, a spokesman told Reuters. He had called in additional staff, including surgeons and nurses, the spokesman added.
Local media has released images showing heavily armed police officers and people who have run out of malls on the scene. In a video released by the tabloid Ekstra Bladet, one person is being carried to an ambulance on a stretcher by a rescuer.
"People first think it's a thief ... and suddenly I heard a shot and threw myself behind the counter in the store, "witness Ricke Levandowski told broadcaster TV2.
"He's not going up to the ceiling or floor, he's just shooting at the crowd," she added.
Huge multi-tiered shopping Mall has shops, restaurants and parking lots, about 5 km south of downtown (3 miles) Copenhagen. The
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The threat of terrorism against Denmark is currently rated as "serious", with the greatest threat being "extremist Islamism". Denmark Security and intelligence services.
The threat to Denmark by right-wing extremists is "general" Considered at the level, this means that there is an ability and / or intent and, in some cases, a plan.
Denmark was last hit by a radical attack in 2015. At this time, two people were killed, six police officers were injured, and one gunner shot and killed a man outside the Cultural Center, which hosted the discussion on freedom. Freedom of speech, and later killed outside the central Jewish synagogue in Copenhagen.
The shooter was killed in a shootout with the police.
There is an event in southern Denmark to commemorate the end of the first three stages of the Tour de France cycling race, hosted by the Crown Prince of Denmark and attended by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. did. The Royal House was canceled late Sunday, he said on its website.
