Shooting in a shopping center in Copenhagen: several dead and injured, suspect 22-year-old Dane

in Denmark In the shooting that took place in a shopping center in Copenhagen, several people have been killed and injured, said the police chief of the Copenhagen police Søren Thomassen at the press conference, which started a little before ten Finnish time on Sunday evening.

According to Thomassen, it is too early to say the exact number of victims, but the police will provide more information as soon as information becomes available.

According to the police, the suspect is a 22-year-old native of Denmark. The shooting took place around the shopping center, and the police are asking eyewitnesses to pass on their information as well as pictures and videos to the police.

Police Chief Thomassen says that the possibility of terrorism cannot be ruled out yet.

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According to Reuters, the police have said that there are currently no indications that there were other shooters at the scene.

Town’s A large number of police forces were sent to the Fields shopping center between the city center and the airport on Sunday afternoon.

“We are there, shots have been fired and several people have been hit,” Copenhagen police said on Twitter at half past eight in the evening Finnish time.

Moments later, the police said on Twitter that they had arrested one person.

According to the Danish public broadcaster DR, at least three people are hospitalized.

“Horrible news about Fields shooting. We don’t yet know how many have been wounded or killed, but this is really serious,” Copenhagen’s mayor Sophie Andersen wrote on Twitter.

News agency According to AFP, eyewitnesses interviewed by Danish media said that more than a hundred people rushed towards the exit of the shopping center as soon as the first shots were heard.

A witness told Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, according to Danish news agency Ritzau, that the police fired warning shots and ordered the male shooter to drop his weapon.

“We heard them shout ‘drop the gun’ and they fired a couple of warning shots, and then we ran away,” the eyewitness told Ekstra Bladet.

An eyewitness interviewed by Danish TV 2 Mahdi Al-Wazni said he saw the attacker carrying a hunting rifle. In the interview, he also says that he took pictures and videos of the attacker, which he delivered to the Copenhagen police.

The Danish magazine Extra Bladet published footage on its website of a man standing in a shopping center with a rifle on his shoulder. The man was wearing short pants and a sleeveless black shirt.

Present been Laurits Hermansen told broadcaster DR that he was shopping for clothes with his family when he heard gunshots.

“We were fitting dresses with my three young children, and then we heard three or four loud bangs. Really hard. It sounded like shots were being fired right next to us on the same floor.”

“Then people ran into the store yelling ‘there’s a shooting here, there’s a shooting.'”

Hermansen escaped with his family through the emergency exit to his car.

“Of course, we were afraid that someone would be waiting at the exit, but we got into the car and drove away. That’s when we saw the police arrive.”

There were ambulances and armed police at the scene in the evening. Picture: OLAFUR STEINAR GESTSSON / AFP

People were evacuated from the Danish Fields shopping center. Picture: Olafur Steinar Gestsson / AFP

The police force is on the scene at the Fields shopping centre. Picture: Olafur Steinar Gestsson / AFP

There are several ambulances. Picture: ANDREAS HILLERGREN / TT

Rescue workers bring stretchers to the mall. Picture: Olafur Steinar Gestsson / AFP

Present According to an AFP reporter at around 8:30 local time, the roads around the mall were closed, the subway was stopped and a helicopter was flying around the scene.

A British singer who is one of the most popular artists of the moment Harry Stylesilla there was a concert near the shopping center on Sunday night. Event organizer Live Nation commented to Reuters that the situation was discussed with the police and the concert was organized as usual.