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Three killed in Copenhagen mall shooting, 22-year-old suspect arrested

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Camille Bas-Wohlert, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People react in front of the Fields shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 July 2022. A shooting took place, on the afternoon of 3 July, in the Fields shopping center on Amager in Copenhagen" s="" Orestad.="" Copenhagen="" Police="" confirm="" that="" at="" least="" three="" people="" have="" been="" killed.="" EPA-EFE="" Olafur="" Steinar="" Rye="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/04/copenhagen,-denmark.jpg"/><figcaption>People react in front of the Fields shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 July 2022. A shooting took place, on the afternoon of 3 July, in the Fields shopping center on Amager in Copenhagen&#x27;s Orestad. Copenhagen Police confirm that at least three people have been killed. <em>EPA-EFE/Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Three people were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a Copenhagen mall Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested one suspect, a 22-year-old Dane.</p><p>The young man, who according to witnesses was armed with a large rifle, was arrested peacefully shortly after police arrived at the large Fields shopping mall, located between the city center and Copenhagen airport.</p><p>&quot;There are three dead and several injured, three of them in critical condition,&quot; Copenhagen police chief Soren Thomassen told a news conference.</p><p>The motives of the suspect, described by police as a 22-year-old &quot;ethnic Dane&quot;, remain unclear.</p><p>He was known to the police &quot;but only peripherally,&quot; Thomassen said. &quot;He&#x27;s not someone we particularly know.&quot;</p><p>The three dead were a man in his forties and two young people whose ages were not specified.</p><p>On social networks, people had been speculating about a racist motive, or some other motive, the head of the investigation said, &quot;but I cannot say that we have anything which supports that at this moment.&quot;</p><p>Police however confirmed they were investigating videos posted online which claimed to show the suspect with weapons and pointing a gun at his head.</p><p>Earlier, Thomassen said police &quot;can&#x27;t exclude that it&#x27;s terror&quot; but they believed the alleged shooter acted alone.</p><p>Images from the scene showed parents carrying their children as they fled the building and ambulance personnel taking people away on stretchers.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;We ran for our lives&#x27; -</strong></div><p>The shooting occurred around 5:30 pm, causing panic in the mall. Many visitors were there for a concert with British singer Harry Styles at the nearby Royal Arena, which was cancelled.</p><p>&quot;My daughters were supposed to go see Harry Styles. They called me to say someone was shooting. They were in a restaurant when it happened,&quot; Hans Christian Stolz, a 53-year-old Swede who came to pick up his children, told AFP.</p><p>&quot;We thought at first people were running because they had seen Harry Styles, then we understood that it was people in panic ... We ran for our lives,&quot; his daughter Cassandra said.</p><p>&quot;My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked,&quot; Styles said in a Snapchat post.</p><p>The attack occurred two days after this year&#x27;s Tour de France cycling competition started from Copenhagen, and the Tour organizers released a statement expressing their sympathy.</p><p>&quot;The entire caravan of the Tour de France sends its sincerest condolences to the victims and their families,&quot; it said.</p><p>Witnesses quoted by the Danish media described how the suspect had tried to trick people by saying his weapon was a fake one, to get them to approach.</p><p>&quot;He was sufficiently psychopathic to go and hunt people, but he wasn&#x27;t running,&quot; one witness told DR state television.</p><p>Other eyewitnesses told Danish media they had seen more than 100 people rush towards the mall&#x27;s exit as the first shots were fired.</p><p>&quot;We could see that many people suddenly ran towards the exit and then we heard a bang,&quot; Thea Schmidt, who was in the mall at the time of the attack told broadcaster TV2. &quot;Then we ran out of Field&#x27;s too.&quot;</p><div><strong>- &#x27;We heard gunshots&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Police had urged people in the building to wait inside for their arrival, calling on others to keep away from the area.</p><p>Police also asked witnesses to get in touch with them and called on those who had been visiting the shopping mall to contact loved ones to reassure them.</p><p>&quot;All of a sudden we heard gunshots, I heard 10 shots, and we ran as far as we could to take refuge in the toilet,&quot; Isabella told public broadcaster DR. 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Three people were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a Copenhagen mall Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested one suspect, a 22-year-old Dane.

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Three killed in Copenhagen mall shooting, 22-year-old suspect arrested

Camille Bas-Wohlert,

Agence France-Presse

Published Jul 04, 2022 11:17 AM PHT

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