Police shoot gunman dead after two people killed in Denmark attacks

Police have shot a man dead near the scene of a fatal shooting attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen. Danish police said officers had killed the man after he opened fire on them at the city’s Nørrebro Station. They say they are now investigating if the man was responsible for two separate deadly attacks that happened just two miles apart in the capital within hours of each other that left two people dead.

All resources will be used to find (those responsible) and bring them before a judge. We have some difficult days ahead… But in Denmark, we will never bow to violence.

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt

The attack at the city’s main synagogue in Krystalgade just after midnight UK time saw one man die after being shot in the head and two policemen also shot, one in the arm and the other in the leg. A major manhunt was already underway after an earlier attack, in which one man was killed and three police officers injured when a gunman opened fire at a cafe where a meeting on free speech was taking place.

At first there was panic. People crawled down under tables. My bodyguards quickly pulled me away.

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

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