“On Sunday evening, a brutal attack was made against Denmark. Many people died. more hurt than before. innocent families dining out or shopping. teenagers, adults, and children, “In a statement late on Sunday, the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said.
She said, “Our lovely and typically so safe capital was changed in a split second.” “In this trying time, I want to encourage the Danes to come together and support one another.”
Armed cops were dispatched to the capital’s Field’s mall late on Sunday after receiving reports of a shooting, according to Copenhagen police, who advised everyone inside to remain put and wait for help. Groups of panicked shoppers were seen escaping from the mall on local media footage.
At 5:48 p.m. local time, the suspect was captured with a rifle and ammo in his possession. Early Sunday evening, police conducted a thorough search of the local Zealand area in an effort to find any collaborators.
Till we are positive that he was alone, Thomassen said, “We are going to have a big inquiry and a big operational presence in Copenhagen.”
According to Thomassen, the shooter also killed two “young persons,” a guy and a woman, and a man in his forties. There were several additional injuries, three of which were serious.
He noted that while the probe had not yet shown any evidence of a racial or other ulterior purpose, this could change.
A press conference by the Copenhagen police will start at 8:00 a.m. local time on Monday.
A representative for the city’s primary hospital, Rigshospitalet, said early Sunday evening that it had brought in more medical personnel to treat a “small group of patients.”
Unconfirmed video footage, which the Danish tabloid BT claimed was shot by Mahdi Al Wazni, a witness to the attack, showed a man going through the mall while holding a big gun across his shoulders.
Al-wazni told BT that the man “He seemed very aggressive and shouted different things,”
Video obtained by tabloid Ekstra Bladet shows a single individual being escorted onto a stretcher by emergency personnel and taken to an ambulance.
“At first, everyone assumed it was a thief… I quickly threw myself behind the store’s counter after hearing bullets “Rikke Levandovski, an eyewitness, said to TV2 about the incident.
She continued, “He is not shooting into the floor or into the ceiling; he is just shooting into the crowd.
The multi-story commercial centre is about 5 kilometres south of Copenhagen’s city centre.
“Suddenly, my companion and I hear gunshots. I hear approximately ten shots, and we quickly enter a bathroom. We cram into this small bathroom, there are maybe 11 of us “Another witness identified herself as Isabella and spoke to public radio station DR.
The attack comes after a horrific shooting in neighbouring Norway last week, in which a lone gunman in the city of Oslo killed two people.
According to the most recent report from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, the terrorist danger to Denmark is now rated as “severe,” with religious extremism being the highest threat.
Right-wing radicals are seen as posing a “general” threat to Denmark, which denotes the presence of capacity, intent, and possibly preparation.
Denmark last experienced a terrorist assault in 2015, when a lone shooter shot and murdered a man outside a culture centre sponsoring a debate on free speech and then shot and killed a second person outside a Jewish synagogue in central Copenhagen, leaving two people dead and six police officers injured.
In a shootout with police, that shooter was slain.
Harry Styles’ concert that was scheduled to take place in Copenhagen on Sunday night not far from the retail centre has been postponed, according to the police.
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe and the Crown Prince pair released a statement saying, “Our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the victims, their relatives and all those impacted by the tragedy.”
A celebration honouring the conclusion of the Tour de France stages that was to have been held in Southern Denmark and hosted by the Crown Prince with Frederiksen in attendance was also postponed.
On Monday, the suspect will be questioned informally in front of a judge (today).
