Developing: shots fired in Copenhagen at Prophet cartoonist’s event

Two gunmen remains at large after shots were fired at a cafe in Copenhagen on Satuday. The cafe was hosting a freedom of speech event organised by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad in 2007. Some 30 bullet holes ripped through the window of the Krudttoenden cafe and at least two people were taken away on stretchers, including a uniformed police officer, the TV2 channel said Saturday. Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The Associated Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured.

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The cafe in northern Copenhagen, known for its jazz concerts, was hosting an event titled “Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression” when the shots were fired. Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told TV2 that at least two people were wounded. Danish police told Berlingske that the suspects, who were clad in black and spoke Danish, had allegedly targeted Vilks.

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