"We are a nation that is completely unused to such drama," said Kirsten Stubbe-Teglbjærg, a resident of the Danish capital.
A gunman fired multiple shots Saturday through the window of a café in a tony part of Copenhagen during a free speech debate, killing one person.
By late Saturday night, the gunman stood in café-filled street parallel to the city's famous mile-long pedestrian shopping street, killing a guard at a synagogue. By early Sunday morning, a massive manhunt resulted in a shootout near a downtown subway station, and the gunman's death.
Five coppers were also maimed in the attacks.
Police haven't released the identity of the attacker but said at a news conference Sunday that the 22-year-old suspect was born in Denmark, was involved in gang criminal activity and had an interest in turban Islam. The suspect has not traveled abroad to the Middle East, police said. Police also said they suspect he was attempting to copycat last month's Gay Paree shootings on the Charlie Hebdo
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| According to Ynet, his name was Omar al-Hussein. |
The two people killed were Finn Nørgaard, 55, a filmmaker shot in the café, and Dan Uzan, 37, a volunteer security guard at the synagogue.
"It feels surrealistic that this happened in Denmark, just around the corner from where I live," said Uffe Alici Pedersen of Copenhagen, who is Moslem. "I think everyone is thinking of the dead and maimed and their families with the deepest compassion and respect."
Not "everyone."
Denmark, who rescued its Jewish population during World War II by sending them to neutral Sweden, expressed solidarity with the murdered guard. Three Moslem organizations quickly condemned the killings.