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Police Confirm Shooting at Copenhagen Blasphemy Debate: 1 Dead, 3 Injured
Gunfire erupted near a cafe where a blasphemy debate with author of controversial author of Prophet Mohammed cartoons Lars Vilks and French Ambassador to Denmark took place.
Gunfire erupted near a cafe where a blasphemy debate with author of controversial author of Prophet Mohammed cartoons Lars Vilks and French Ambassador to Denmark took place.
Gunfire
erupted outside the Krudttønden cafe in Copenhagen where a blapshemy
debate was held. Up to 40 shots were heard, according to local media.
At
least one civilian have been killed and three policemen have been
injured — one has been shot in the groin, one in the leg and the
third one has been hit in the shoulder. According to the recent
reports, they are out of danger.
Police
has confirmed that the deceased man is a 40-year-old civilian. Police
said they are investigating the attack as a terrorist act.
Cartoonist
Lars Vliks and the ambassador were not injured.
Former
Head of operations Frank Jensen commenting on the shooting said that
"it seems to be in line with what we've seen in Paris".
French
ambassador Francois Zimeray wrote on Twitter that he was not harmed.
President
of France Francois Hollande has just issued a press-release where
among other things he states that he has spoken with Prime Minister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and the French Foreign Minister Bernard
Cazeneuve will come to Denmark as soon as possible.
An
attacker was wearing black and allegedly were not speaking Danish. He
was described as a 25-20 years old man, about 180 centimeters tall,
athletic with Arabic appearance, but with lighter skin.
PHOTO:
Alleged gunman in #Copenhagen
Eyewitnesses
claim that the attacker spoke in Arabic language as he was shooting.
Police
consider the shooting an assassination attempt on Lars Vilks, said
incident commander Jørgen Petersen to Ekstra Bladet.
Danish
TV reporters say that civil vehicles with police officers are driving
around the area, and 8-10 people in camouflage have arrived at the
scene.
Jesper
Frimand Christensen sought shelter behind the bar with his colleague.
He said that the man shouted something in a language he did not
understand. It sounded as if the man was inside the building, so
Christensen and his colleague crawled away from the bar counter.
The
attacker fled the scene at hijacked VW Polo.
Swedish
security police unit Säpo, which is responsible for the protection
of Lars Vilks, now participates in the hunt for the suspect.
Thepolice
are currently searching the attacker at the borders near Rostock and
Puttgarden. A German federal police spokesman Thomas Mozdzynski
announced that the border is not closed, but the border guard is in
"search-mode".
The
car that the suspect hijacked earlier and used as their getaway
vehicle has been found in Østerbro.
The
Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) commented on that the
attack, saying that it shows that the terrorist threat in Denmark
remaines serious.
Copenhagen
Mayor Frank Jensen wrote on Twitter: "I am dismayed and deeply
concerned about the shooting attack at Krudttønden. My thoughts are
with those affected and their relatives."
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