Police in Copenhagen say they have shot dead a man they
believe was behind two deadly attacks in the Danish capital hours earlier.
Police say they killed the man in the Norrebro district
after he opened fire on them.
It came after one person was killed and three police
officers injured at a free speech debate in a cafe on Saturday.
In the second attack, a Jewish man was killed and two police
officers wounded near the city's main synagogue.
Police say video surveillance suggested the same man carried
out both attacks. They do not believe any other people were involved.
The head of Danish intelligence said investigators were
working on the theory that the gunman could have been inspired by the shootings
in Paris last month. The attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, a kosher
supermarket and a policewoman claimed 17 lives.
Jens Madsen told reporters the man had been identified and
had been on the agency's radar for some time.
Police were working to determine whether the man had
travelled to Syria or Iraq, he said.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it was "a
very sad morning" and described the shootings as "a cynical act of
terror against Denmark".
"We do not know the motive for the alleged
perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt
Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech,'' she said, according to
the Associated Press.
Ms Thorning-Schmidt later visited the synagogue and said
Denmark would do everything to protect its Jewish community.
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