many of people He was reportedly killed and more injured in Shooting in a shopping center in the Danish capital Copenhagen on On Sunday, police said they had arrested one person in Twenties.
“We are now know There are many dead, Copenhagen Police Chief Soren Thomassen said at a news conference on Sunday evening, adding that there are also Several wounded.
Thomasen described the arrested suspect as a 22-year- He’s aged “Ethnic Dane,” but said it’s too early to determine the motive.
“We are investigating it as an act that we cannot rule out as terror,” the police chief said.
They had no indication that the man had acted together with Others, and police were maintaining an increased presence both around the shopping center and across Copenhagen, he said added.
The attack It happened two days later, the Cycling Tour de France competition took off from Copenhagen, and the tour organizers released a statement expressing their sympathy.
“The whole caravan of “The Tour de France sends its deepest condolences to the victims and their families,” he added.
Pictures from the scene showed parents bear their children while escaping from building And an ambulance personnel Pregnancy people far on stretchers;
Quotes from Danish eyewitnesses media They said they saw more from 100 people Rush towards the exit of the mall where first Shot fired.
We can see so many people We suddenly ran toward the exit and then heard a bang, “Thea Schmidt, who I was in The mall at that time of The attack He told the announcer TV2. Then we ran out of Field too.”
We heard gunshots
police also I asked witnesses to get it in touch with whom he called on those who He was visiting the shopping center to call loved ones to reassure them.
“everybody of Suddenly we heard gunshots, we heard 10 shots, and we ran as far as we could to take cover in toilet,” Isabella said public Broadcaster Dr. she told her hidden in trade Center for two hours.
Other witnesses described the gunman as a man about 1.8 meters (5 feet 9 inches) tall with a hunting rifle.
At about 7:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. GMT), the roads around the mall were closed, the subway was stopped and a helicopter flew overhead, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
A heavily armed police officer remained onlookers back Preventing local residents from returning to their country homes.
In the nearby Royal Square, a concert with British singer Harry Styles has been appointed in Evening.
Shortly after shooting, the organizer announced Will “continue as planned”, but later announced Canceled after criticism.
“Mine team and i’m original for They are all involved in Copenhagen shopping center shooting. I was shocked, said Styles in snap chat post.
come shooting just over A week after armed conquest fire Close to a gay bar in Oslo in neighboring Norway, killing two people And 21 others were wounded.
in february of 2015, two people Five were killed and wounded in Copenhagen in a series of terrorist attacks.
