Three injured in shooting near a new synagogue in Copenhagen

Three people were injured in the night from Saturday to Sunday in the shooting near the synagogue in Copenhagen, the Danish police said.

One person was hit by bullets in the head and two policemen were wounded in the arm and leg, said the same source.

These shots occur a few hours after another shooting for a cafe that housed a meeting on freedom of expression and has one dead and three wounded.

The police said in a statement, it is too early to say whether these shots are related to the shooting a few hours earlier.

Saturday afternoon, one person was killed and three others were injured in firing of a cafe hosting a debate on freedom of expression.

After reporting two shooters, Danish police said on the basis of the evidence that this is only one shooter and published a picture of the suspect.

The assailant is still at large, according to police, who found the vehicle used by the shooter.

The person killed in the attack is a Danish citizen aged 40 years, the source said, adding that three policemen were injured outside the building.

Coffee, referred to the attack, was home to a debate organized under the theme “Art, blasphemy and freedom of expression,” with the participation of the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, author in 2007 of blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Sidna Mohamed (Peace be upon him).

The Ambassador of France in Copenhagen was also present at the meeting. Danish police think Vilks was the target of the attack.

An important safety device was nevertheless mobilized during this meeting.

The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon in Copenhagen is a “terrorist act,” said the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Denmark has now been hit by “a terrorist act,” said the Danish manager said in a statement, noting that all indications are that this is “an attempted political assassination and an act terrorist “.