Denmark: “several dead” in a shooting in Copenhagen, a suspect arrested
The emergency services in front of the shopping center where several people were killed on July 3, 2022 in Copenhagen.
AP - Olafur Steinar Gestsson
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A shootout in a Copenhagen shopping center late Sunday afternoon left "
several dead
" and "
several injured
", Danish police said.
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The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. GMT).
When the first shots were heard, more than a hundred people rushed outside the mall, according to footage of the incident.
Others were forced to hide inside.
"
There are several injured, and we now know that there are several dead
," said police chief Soren Thomassen at a press conference.
According to witnesses interviewed by Danish media, the suspect tried to entrap victims, saying for example that his weapon was fake to entice them to get closer.
"
He was psychopathic enough to go stalk people, but he didn't run
," said a witness interviewed by public television DR.
The terrorist track not excluded
The young man, armed according to witnesses with an imposing rifle, was arrested shortly after the arrival of the police near the large Fields shopping mall, located between the city center and the airport of the Danish capital.
He is a 22-year-old man of Danish nationality.
Police say they cannot rule out the fact that it was a terrorist attack.
There is no indication, however, that other shooters were present, said the police chief during his press conference.
Many visitors were there before a concert by British star Harry Styles in a nearby large hall, which was canceled in the evening.
Two days after
the Tour de France passed
through the Danish capital, with great scenes of jubilation, a large police force was deployed at the scene of the shooting and in several places in Copenhagen.
The last attack in Copenhagen dates back to February 14 and 15, 2015, when a series of Islamist-motivated shootings left two dead and five injured.
(
With agencies
)
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