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| 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Shooting Near Copenhagen Mosque | |
| 2011-08-31 | |
| [An Nahar] A shooting outside a Copenhagen mosque after prayers to mark the end of the Mohammedan fasting month of Ramadan has left one person dead and at least two people injured, police said Tuesday. Police front man Lau Thygesen said the shooting took place outside the Mohammedan Culture Institute, located in the Danish capital's western Vesterbro district, and that the roads surrounding the mosque and a nearby car park have been cordoned off. Thygesen could not immediately provide more details. A front man for the Mohammedan institute, who declined to give his name before hanging up the telephone, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that the incident took place on a parking lot next to the mosque as hundreds of people were leaving the 9 a.m. prayer service. Kuran Qureshi, who attended the prayers, told Danish broadcaster TV2 in a live interview that he had witnessed two groups of "younger men having some kind of argument" on the parking lot just before the shooting started.
The Mohammedan Cultural Institute was founded in the late 1970s by Pak immigrants. It includes a mosque as well as facilities where Islam is being taught to boys and girls in Danish. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "It was really unpleasant " wow, let us know how you honestly feel. |
| Posted by: Steven 2011-08-31 15:15 |