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3 shot in fresh Copenhagen shooting

Sunday, 15 February 2015 12:31 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 15 February 2015 6:04 AM ]

Police officers are stationed near the main synagogue of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, where a shooting incident occurred on February 15, 2015.

One person has been shot in the head and two policemen in the arm and leg in a fresh shooting incident near the main synagogue of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, police say.

The shooting took place early on Sunday when a gunman opened fire in the synagogue located on the Danish capital’s Krystalgade Street, police said in a statement.

The person who had been shot in the head was later reported to be dead.

"We cannot say anything about the condition of the injured yet," the statement said, adding, "The perpetrator fled on foot."

The nearby Noerreport train station, one of the busiest stations in the country, was reportedly evacuated following the incident.

It was not confirmed if the attack was linked to Saturday's fatal shooting at a Copenhagen café where controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks attended a debate.

The meeting, dubbed “Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression” was apparently held to justify the cartoonist's sacrilegious depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.

The cartoonist is known for his provocative images against Islam’s most revered figure in 2007.

A senior French diplomat, who was attending the event, later told the media that Vilks was alive taking refuge inside the café. Vilks is normally under police protection when he is in Denmark.

Police later said on Twitter that the car used by two suspected gunmen to flee the deadly shooting has been found abandoned.

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