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Three killed, five injured in Denmark attacks
Copenhagen, Feb 15
At least three people were
killed in separate shooting attacks in Denmark, with Prime Minister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt terming them as "terrorist strike", the media
said Sunday.
A gunman stormed a cafe Saturday evening where
French ambassador Francois Zimeray and controversial Swedish cartoonist
Lars Vilks were present for an event titled "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom
of Expression", CNN reported.
The shooter killed a 55-year-old man and left three police officers injured before fleeing, police said.
The
second attack occurred early Sunday near Copenhagen's main synagogue,
where one person was killed and two policemen were injured.
Police
said a man, responsible for both the attacks, was killed in a later
shootout Sunday, BBC reported. He died in Norrebro district after he
opened fire on police.
According to video surveillance, the same man had carried out both attacks.
After
Saturday's attack, the Danish prime minister said it was a terrorist
strike and her country would never bow to violence. "We have some
difficult days ahead," she added.
The White House denounced the deadly shooting as "deplorable".
"The US condemns the deplorable shooting in Copenhagen," National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said.
Police in Denmark said they do not believe any other person was involved.
Chief
Police Inspector Torben Molgaard Jensen said "we assume the culprit
shot by police ... is the person behind both these assassinations".
The
Copenhagen attacks follow the massacre at the the office of the Charlie
Hebdo magazine in Paris when 12 people were killed to avenge its
Prophet Muhammad cartoons.