At least one civilian was killed and three police officers wounded at a shooting in a Copenhagen café hosting a debate on blasphemy. The French ambassador and Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for his cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, had been attending.
The assailants are still at large, according to Danish media. There may be one or two of them. TV 2 reports that they spoke Danish, were dressed in dark clothes and fled the crime scene in a dark Volkswagen Polo. Later, police located the getaway vehicle in the east of Copenhagen.
The French ambassador François Zimeray had just finished speaking at the event as the shots were fired at around 14:30 GMT. Later he confirmed in a tweet he was unharmed.
The meeting, “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression” was being held in the Krudttonden cultural center in northern Copenhagen. Some 30 bullet holes were found at the site.
According to the Berlingske newspaper, one spectator was seriously wounded while three police officers sustained light injuries. Police have confirmed the 40-year-old civilian later died.
“I heard someone firing with an automatic weapons and someone shouting. Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie,” Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel.
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The assailants are still at large, according to Danish media. There may be one or two of them. TV 2 reports that they spoke Danish, were dressed in dark clothes and fled the crime scene in a dark Volkswagen Polo. Later, police located the getaway vehicle in the east of Copenhagen.
The French ambassador François Zimeray had just finished speaking at the event as the shots were fired at around 14:30 GMT. Later he confirmed in a tweet he was unharmed.
The meeting, “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression” was being held in the Krudttonden cultural center in northern Copenhagen. Some 30 bullet holes were found at the site.
According to the Berlingske newspaper, one spectator was seriously wounded while three police officers sustained light injuries. Police have confirmed the 40-year-old civilian later died.
“I heard someone firing with an automatic weapons and someone shouting. Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie,” Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel.
http://rt.com/news/232399-copenhagen-attack-vilks-blasphemy/