Three people killed, three injured in shooting at popular Danish shopping centre
Denmark's Prime Minister has said a shooting rampage at a shopping centre in Copenhagen was a "cruel attack" that left three people dead and three others in a critical condition.
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Copenhagen's main hospital says it has received a "small group of patients" for treatment
It has called in extra staff, including surgeons and nurses
A policeman said: "We know that there are several dead … [and] several injured"
"It is incomprehensible. Heartbreaking. Pointless," Ms Frederiksen said.
"Our beautiful and usually so safe capital was changed in a split second."
Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen said the three victims were a man in his 40s and "two young people".
It comes after a gunman opened fire inside the busy Field's mall shopping centre in the Danish capital on Sunday, killing and wounding several people.
Copenhagen police, who arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter, said they could not rule out the attack was an "act of terrorism".
People shown fleeing from Field's shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of a shooting,(Reuters: Ritzau Scanpix/Claus )
The capital's main hospital, Rigshospitalet, had received a "small group of patients" for treatment, a spokesman said.
It had called in extra staff, including surgeons and nurses, the spokesman added.
Local media published images showing heavily armed police officers at the scene of the attack, as well as people running out of the mall.
Footage published by tabloid Ekstra Bladet showed one person being carried by rescue workers into an ambulance on a stretcher.
The capital's main hospital, Rigshospitalet, had received a "small group of patients" for treatment, a spokesman said.
It had called in extra staff, including surgeons and nurses, the spokesman added.
Local media published images showing heavily armed police officers at the scene of the attack, as well as people running out of the mall.
Footage published by tabloid Ekstra Bladet showed one person being carried by rescue workers into an ambulance on a stretcher.
'Pure terror'
People react outside Field's shopping centre after police announced there was a shooting.(Reuters: Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson)
Gun violence is relatively rare in Denmark.
When the shots rang out, some people hid in shops while others fled in a panicked stampede, according to witnesses.
Eyewitness Mahdi Al-Wazni told local news the shooter "seemed very violent and angry".
"He spoke to me and said it (the rifle) isn't real as I was filming him.
"He seemed very proud of what he was doing."
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Gun violence is relatively rare in Denmark.
When the shots rang out, some people hid in shops while others fled in a panicked stampede, according to witnesses.
Eyewitness Mahdi Al-Wazni told local news the shooter "seemed very violent and angry".
"He spoke to me and said it (the rifle) isn't real as I was filming him.
"He seemed very proud of what he was doing."
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Video captures people fleeing Copenhagen shopping centre gunman.(Reuters)
IT consultant Hans Christian Stoltz, 53, was bringing his daughters to see Harry Styles perform at a concert scheduled for Sunday night near the mall.
He said what happened was awful.
"It is pure terror," he said.
"You might wonder how a person can do this to another human being, but it's beyond … beyond anything that's possible."
Organisers called off the Harry Styles concert, at the nearby Royal Arena, by order of police.
On Snapchat, Styles wrote: "My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked. Love H."
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR he and his family were in a clothing store at the shopping centre when he heard "three to four bangs. Really loud bangs".
"It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store," he said.
Inspector Thomassen said the suspect was an "ethnic Dane", a phrase typically used to mean someone who is white.
Danish broadcaster TV2 published a grainy photo of the alleged gunman, a man wearing knee-length shorts and a tank top and holding what appeared to be a rifle in his right hand.
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People leave Field's shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of shooting, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022.
People leave Field's shopping centre, after Danish police said they received reports of shooting, in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3, 2022.
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Shortly after the shooting, the royal palace said a reception with Crown Prince Frederik connected to the Tour de France cycling race had been cancelled.
The first three stages of the race were held in Denmark this year, the palace said in a statement.
The reception was due to be held on the royal yacht moored in Soenderborg, the town where the third stage ended.
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