The BBC is reporting a man believed to be the shooter who carried out two attacks in the Danish city of Copenhagen has been shot and killed after opening fire on police. Two separate attacks attributed to the shooter left one man dead and 3 wounded at a debate on free speech, and another dead and two wounded at an attack at a synagogue. (Diary on the attacks here.)
While details are still emerging, the BBC report had this to say about the shooter:
Police say video surveillance suggested the same man carried out both attacks. They do not believe any other people were involved.
The head of Danish intelligence said investigators were working on the theory that the gunman could have been inspired by the shootings in Paris last month. The attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, a kosher supermarket and a policewoman claimed 17 lives.
Jens Madsen told reporters the man had been identified and had been on the agency's radar for some time.
Police were working to determine whether the man had travelled to Syria or Iraq, he said.
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it was "a very sad morning" and described the shootings as "a cynical act of terror against Denmark".
"We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech,'' she said, according to the Associated Press.
Ms Thorning-Schmidt later visited the synagogue and said Denmark would do everything to protect its Jewish community.
More
information and video via the Telegraph UK. Audio of the first attack (trigger warning)
here.
Initial reports of a second suspect who drove the shooter away from the first attack were apparently in error; the BBC reports the suspect drove himself away, parked the car, and took a taxi to his home. The taxi driver gave address information to the police that had them waiting when he returned from the second attack. It was then he opened fire and was shot in return.
Information about the two fatalities from the attacks identify the victims as:
On Saturday a gunman attacked a free-speech debate hosted by controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
One man - identified by Danish media as film director Finn Norgaard, 55 - was killed and and three police officers wounded.
and
Hours later, a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Krystalgade street, about 5km from the scene of the first attack, killing a Jewish man and wounding two police officers.
The victim was named as Dan Uzan, 37. He had been on security duty while a bat mitzvah ceremony was taking place inside the synagogue.
Additional reports from the
NY Times here and
coverage from the Guardian UK.