Denmark: Gunman kills three in Field’s shopping mall
New Delhi: At least three people have been killed and several more wounded in a shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. The attack rocked Denmark at the end of an otherwise joyful week, just after it hosted the first three stages of the Tour de France cycle race.
Copenhagen Police Inspector Soren Thomassen told media that, a 22-year-old Danish man was arrested over Sunday’s shooting and charged with manslaughter. There was no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack and it was too early to speculate on a motive for the shooting.
The event had sent hundreds of thousands of cheering Danes into the streets across the country.
“Denmark was hit by a cruel attack on Sunday night. Several were killed. Even more, wounded. Innocent families shopping or eating out. Children, adolescents, and adults,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement late on Sunday.
“Our beautiful and usually so safe capital was changed in a split second,” she said. “I want to encourage the Danes to stand together and support each other in this difficult time.”
The shooting happened in the late afternoon at Field’s, one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia and located on the outskirts of the Danish capital.
(Vinayak)
