Gunman who staged shootings at Copenhagen cafe, synagogue shot dead

February 15, 2015 14:13

The man believed to be involved in twin shooting attacks at a cafe and a synagogue in Danish capital Copenhagen has been shot dead, police said Sunday.

The police said that according to the video surveillance the man who they killed, was the same who staged shooting at a free speech event at Krudttoenden cafe in the capital on Saturday and also at Copenhagen`s main synagogue early Sunday.

"We believe the same man was behind both shootings and we also believe that the perpetrator who was shot by the police action force at Noerrebro station is the person behind the two attacks," Chief police inspector Torben Moelgaard Jensen told a press conference, according to an AFP report.

The Danish police shot dead a man who opened fired on the cops at Noerrebro station - not far from the sites of earlier attacks.

After the police called out to the man, he "opened fire against the police and was thereafter shot", police said in a statement.

Just hours after the deadly attack at a cafe event in Danish capital Copenhagen left one person dead and three injured, another shooting incident was reported at a synagogue at Krystalgade which claimed another life.

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