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google_ad_section_start One of the survivors of the deadly cafe attack in Copenhagen has told Sky News how people hid on the ground between tables and chairs as the gunman opened fire. The killer armed with an automatic weapon carried out his assault as a discussion on free speech was taking place at the Krudttoenden cultural centre….
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing a Danish documentary filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian country’s Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. “Denmark has…
AP – Denmark’s chief rabbi said the Jewish victim of an attack near Copenhagen’s main synagogue on Sunday was an “irreplaceable” security guard protecting the city’s Jewish community. Rabbi Jair Melchior said Dan Uzan, 37, was guarding a celebration at a Jewish community building near the synagogue when he was shot dead. “He was a…
Two attacks in Copenhagen—one at a free-speech debate and another at the city’s biggest synagogue—have left one dead and three injured. The gunman behind both was later killed by police. The event, attended by the French ambassador to Denmark, was hosted by Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist who became infamous after a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as…
* Police believe man they shot dead behind both attacks * Two killed in attack on cultural event, synagogue * PM promises to protect Jewish communities (Adds new detail on suspect, police quote, PM comment on Jewish communities) By Sabina Zawadzki and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Police shot…
In Denmark, known for its historic tolerance, Jews are now threatened and told to remove their ‘Jewish hats’ inline begin Sweden’s ‘Damn Jew’ Problem Wearing a yarmulke is no longer safe in the city of Malmö. The mayor blames the Jews, while other Swedish politicians point to ‘social inequality.’ Meet Europe’s New Fascists Hungary’s far-right…
Danish police said a man they shot dead early Sunday was likely behind the two shooting attacks Saturday in Copenhagen that killed two civilians and wounded five police officers. Officials said no evidence suggests other gunmen were involved in the shootings, one of which took place at a free-speech event at a cafe and the…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen, stirring fears that another terror spree was underway in a European capital a month after 17…
Policemen secure the area around a building in Copenhagen, Denmark, where shots were fired on February 14, 2015 outside the venue of a debate held on art and free speech. (MARTIN SYLVEST/AFP/Getty Images) Hours after a gunman opened fire at a Denmark cafe during a discussion about cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, killing one person…
close shareTools LONDON — The Copenhagen police said on Sunday that they had shot and killed a man believed to be behind two attacks that killed two people, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue. The first attack took place on Saturday, when a gunman sprayed bullets into the cafe where a Swedish…