Copenhagen cops shoot man believed to be behind deadly attacks

Copenhagen police say they have killed the man believed to be behind twin shootings in the Danish capital that left two dead and five wounded. The exchange of fire took place in the inner-city neighborhood of Noerrebro, where police had been keeping an address under observation. So far, investigators have nothing to suggest that there were other gunmen involved. The shooter’s first victim, a 55-year-old man, was killed yesterday when the gunman opened fire at Copenhagen’s Krudttoenden cultural center. A second man was shot in the head and killed early Sunday near Copenhagen’s main synagogue in the city center.

The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden and the synagogue in Krystalgade.

Danish police in a statement

Two policemen were wounded in the shooting at the synagogue and three more officers were hurt in the Krudttoenden attack. Police said they did not have enough information to confirm the two shootings were linked. But Lars Vilks — the Swedish artist whose controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon sparked worldwide protests in 2007 — was among the speakers at the cultural center, and believes he was the target of the attack. The cartoonist has been under police protection since August 2007, when he published an extremely controversial caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda.

What other motive could there be? It’s possible it was inspired by Charlie Hebdo.

Lars Vilks, Swedish artist who believes he was the target of the first shooting