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SECOND Copenhagen shooting at synagogue
2015-02-15
Several people have been injured by shots fired near a synagogue in Copenhagen, hours after a deadly shooting at a cafe in the city. In the second shooting one person was hit in the head, and two police officers suffered arm and leg injuries. The attacker is believed to have fled.
He didn't stick around, did he?
Earlier, a gunman killed one person and injured three at a free speech debate attended by a Swedish cartoonist.
The Times of Israel has a fuzzy photo of the shooter here.
It is not clear if the two shootings are connected.
Three guesses, BBC...
The second shooting took place on Krystalgade street, about 5km (three miles) from the scene of the first attack.

Danish police were were quoted by the AFP news agency as saying the perpetrator had fled on foot. They said they could not give details about the injuries.

For now, police have not linked the two attacks, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant reports from Copenhagen. But he says that the Danish capital has been abuzz with sirens and helicopters, amid fears that other attacks could be imminent.

Officials said the gunman made his getaway by car, and a black Volkswagen Polo was later found abandoned a short distance away from the scene, police said. Police released photographs showing the alleged attacker apparently wearing a purple balaclava and thick puffer jacket.

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt described the first attack as a "politically motivated" act of terrorism.

Cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has faced death threats over his caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, said he believed he was the intended target of the attack. He was unhurt. The French ambassador, Francois Zimeray, was also present during the attack.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  dead suspect: Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein.

probably an Amish disoute
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-15 16:22  

#6  My error on #5. I was attempting to delete a dupe. Apologies Rambler.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-02-15 15:23  

#5  
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-02-15 15:10  

#4  The synagogue shooting was just a random attack - nothing Islamic or anti-Semitic about it.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2015-02-15 15:10  

#3  random workplace violence, right, Champ?
Posted by: Frank G   2015-02-15 08:10  

#2  It is not clear if the two shootings are connected.

Of course not: one was Al Quida's operation, the other ISIS.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-15 04:03  

#1  Danish police say kill suspect in Copenhagen attacks
(Reuters) - Danish police shot and killed a man in Copenhagen on Sunday they believe was responsible for two deadly attacks at an event promoting freedom of speech and on a synagogue.

The prime minister described the first shooting, which bore similarities to an assault in Paris in January on the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, as a terrorist attack.

Two civilians died in Saturday's attacks and five police were wounded.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-02-15 03:37  

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