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Gunman Kills Three In Copenhagen Shopping Mall

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2 years ago

Jul 4, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

Police chief Soeren Thomassen said the motive was unclear and he could not rule out an “act of terrorism”
A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the attack

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a gunman has killed three people and wounded others, three of them critically, at one of Denmark’s biggest shopping malls.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the attack which sparked panic among shoppers at Field’s mall in south Copenhagen.

Police chief Soeren Thomassen said the motive was unclear and he could not rule out an “act of terrorism”.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark had suffered a cruel attack.

Sending condolences to those who had lost loved ones, she said she wanted to encourage Danes to stand together and support each other in this difficult time.

“Denmark was hit by a cruel attack on Sunday night,” she said. “Several were killed. Even more wounded. Innocent families shopping or eating out. Children, adolescents and adults.”

“Our beautiful and usually so safe capital was changed in a split second,” she added.

Denmark’s royal family said their “deepest sympathy” was with “the victims, their relatives and all those who are affected by the tragedy”.

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“We do not yet know the full extent of the tragedy, but it is already clear that more people have lost their lives and that even more have been injured,” said the joint statement by Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary.

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