Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live

• 'Copenhagen gunman' shot dead
• Finn Norgaard, 55, killed in shooting at cultural centre
• Dan Uzan, 37, killed at Copenhagen's main synagogue
• Danish PM says attacks were terrorism
• Gathering organised by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks

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20.00 That's the end of our live coverage of the Copenhagen attacks - for all the latest news visit our Denmark section

19.14 This is the man believed to be Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein, suspected gunman.

Police are still to confirm his identity.

18.30 Danish television has named the suspect as Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein.

This has not been confirmed by the police.

18.01 More from the Danish police on the gunman.

He was a Danish-born 22-year-old known to police because of past violence, gang-related activities and possession of weapons, police said in a statement on Sunday.

Police did not release his name.

17.55 These are the latest images from the Copenhagen internet cafe, where four people were arrested this afternoon.

17.32 Suspected Copenhagen gunman was 22, born and raised in Denmark: TV

16.59 The body of the suspected terrorist:

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16.52 French President Francois Hollande has just visited the Danish embassy in Paris, and said that the "same targets" were hit in the weekend attacks in Copenhagen as during the January assault in Paris that claimed 17 lives.

It was the same targets that were chosen by the terrorists.

16.11 Denmark's Queen Margrethe has issued a statement.

It is important that we stand together in such a serious situation and guard the values on which Denmark is founded.

15.54 Danish media are saying that four people have been arrested at the internet cafe - including a Pakistani and an Arab.

15.53 Crowds have gathered outside the Copenhagen synagogue, many in tears,

15.40 Danish police have raided internet cafes in Copenhagen.

TV2, which reported from the scene, showed footage of armed officers in dark uniforms outside the internet cafe and said at least two people had been taken away by police.

14.48 The Danish Film Institute says the 55-year-old man killed in a shooting at a free speech event in Copenhagen was documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard.

The institute's chief Henrik Bo Nielsen says he was shocked and angry to find out Noergaard was gunned down while attending a discussion on art and free speech.

Noergaard directed and produced documentaries for Danish television, including the 2004 "Boomerang boy" about an Australian boy's dreams to become a world boomerang champion and the 2008 "Le Le" about Vietnamese immigrants in Denmark.

14.34 The victim of the shooting at Copenhagen's main synagogue has been named as Dan Uzan, 37.

He was guarding a celebration at a Jewish community building near the synagogue when he was shot dead.

Denmark's chief rabbi said he was an "irreplaceable" security guard protecting the city's Jewish community.

Rabbi Jair Melchior said:

He was a person who was always willing to help. An amazing, amazing guy.

Uzan's family is active in Copenhagen's Jewish community, Mr Melchior said, and Uzan attended Jewish school and joined the community's security efforts from a young age. The guard was a talented basketball player, received a degree in politics, lived in Israel for a while and learned to speak Hebrew fluently.

Uzan wanted younger community members to replace him in the security detail, Mr Melchior said, but the community pressed him to remain at his post.

There are an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 Jews in Denmark, including about 2,000 active members of the Jewish community, which operates its own security patrol that coordinates with police to protect Jewish institutions.

14.29 Saudi Arabia has condemned the Danish shooting, and also the killing of three Muslims in North Carolina last week.

State news agency SPA quoted an official source as saying in a statement:

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia followed with strong sorrow the ugly terrorist and criminal incidents that occurred lately in the Danish capital Copenhagen and in the US state of North Carolina that resulted in the death and injuring of innocents.

Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, is a main partner for the United States in its campaign against Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq. The world top oil exporter sees itself as a defender of Muslims around the world.

14.21 Justin Huggler reports from Berlin:

Police are searching for suspicous objects in the German city of Brunswick (Braunschweig), after a carnival parade was cancelled at just over an hour's notice over fears of an Islamist terror attack. Police cars are driving the route of the cancelled parade, making loudspeaker announcements for people to go home.

At a press conference, the local police cheif Michael Pientka said police had so far tested two objects, but both turned out to be harmless.

"There was no anonymous tip, no bomb threat. The information came from some one who is already known to us," he said. "The langauge used was a 'destructive event'." He said he could not identify any individuals or groups behind the threat at this stage of the investigation, but confirmed the threat came from "the Islamist scene".

14.01 Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with Denmark's chief rabbi after seizing on Saturday's deadly shootings in Copenhagen to call on European Jews to emigrate en mass to Israel.

Rabbi Jair Melchior said he was "disappointed" by the comments of Mr Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who made a fresh plea for Jewish emigration while extending condolences to Denmark over the twin attacks.

"Jews have been murdered again on European soil only because they were Jews and this wave of terrorist attacks – including murderous anti-Semitic attacks – is expected to continue," Mr Netanyahu told the Israeli cabinet, as it met to approve a £30 million scheme to absorb Jewish immigrants from France, Belgium and Ukraine.

"Jews deserve protection in every country but we say to Jews: Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe. I would like to tell all European Jews and all Jews wherever they are: 'Israel is the home of every Jew.' ... Israel is waiting for you with open arms."

In response, Rabbi Melchior said:

Terror is not a reason to move to Israel.

Mr Netanyahu issued a similar plea last month following the Paris attacks.

13.30 Elsewhere in Europe, police in the German city of Braunschweig have cancelled a popular Carnival street parade because of fears of an imminent Islamist terror attack.

Police spokesman Thomas Geese said police received credible information that there was a "concrete threat of an attack with an Islamist background" on Sunday's parade and therefore called on all visitors to stay at home.

"Together with city officials and organizers we evaluated the information and then, at very short notice, decided to cancel the street parade," Mr Geese told The Associated Press.

Mr Geese said the parade was canceled less than 90 minutes before its scheduled start.

Many people arriving at the train station from out of town were already dressed up and very disappointed - but we didn't want to take any risks.

13.07 David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has released a statement on the Copenhagen attacks:

The shootings in Copenhagen are an appalling attack on free speech and religious freedom. Two innocent people have been murdered simply for their beliefs and my thoughts are with their loved ones and all those injured at this tragic time.

Denmark and Britain are both successful multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracies and we must never allow those values to be damaged by acts of violence like this.

We offer our full support for the Danish Government and Danish people as they deal with these terrible incidents.

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12.50 Video of Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, visits synagogue in Copenhagen after shootings:

12.39 David Chazan and Julian Isherwood report from Copenhagen:

Danish investigators say they know the identity of the suspected terrorist shot dead this morning. "We are aware of the identity of the person but due to the circumstances of the ongoing investigation, we can’t release his name," the head of the security and intelligence service, Jens Madsen, told journalists. "The security and intelligence service knew of him. He was on the radar but he was not known to have travelled to conflict areas like Iraq or Syria or others."

One of the leading investigators, police chief inspector Jorgen Skov, said: "He was from Copenhagen and that’s all we can say. He could have been inspired by what happened in Paris but it’s too early to say.”

Danish police have searched several flats in the mainly immigrant district of Mjolnerparken. No arrests were made. They left one of the flats carrying plastic bags.

The French ambassador, François Zimeray, who was attending the free speech conference at the cafe on Saturday when it was attacked, said: "I think he wanted to repeat what happened in Paris. If the Danish police had not been there, we would all have been killed."

The two gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris last month, killing 12 people, were also known to the intelligence services, as was their accomplice, who shot dead a policewoman in the street and four hostages at a kosher supermarket.

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12.28 Caroline Wozniacki, the former world number one from Denmark, has admitted she been fearing for her friends and family after learning of this weekend's deadly terrorist attacks in Copenhagen.

Wozniacki is trying to focus on preparations for her attempt to win back the Dubai Open title this week but admitted that her mind has wandered on to the horrors of the shootings.

The third-seeded Dane lives 165 miles away in Odense, but her brother Patrik is in the Danish capital and her thoughts immediately turned to him and to his safety. She said:

I spoke to my brother and he's safe, but I think it's horrible what's happening (in Copenhagen) and in the world in general. And when shootings like that happen close to where you grow up it's scary.

_{Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt places flowers in front of the synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen (REUTERS)}

12.21 The Telegraph's Justin Huggler reports from Berlin:

Police in the German city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) cancelled a carnival parade at short notice today, citing a "concrete threat" of an attack with an "Islamist background".

The parade was cancelled just an hour and 20 minutes before it was due to start, at 12,20pm local time. Police gave no futher details but asked people not to visit the parade route.

Carnival parades are a major event at this time of year in much of Germany, and Burnswick's is the largest in the north of the country. Up to 250,000 people are expected in Brunswick for Shrove Tuesday.

12.18 Danish police have said the Copenhagen attacks may have been inspired by the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris,

11.22 Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has urged Europe's Jews to move to Israel after the Copenhagen attacks, but he was challenged by the Danish chief rabbi, Jair Melchior, who said: "Terror is not a reason to move to Israel."

_{Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (R) and Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen address a news conference in Copenhagen (REUTERS)}

11.01 The Telegraph's David Chazan reports from Copenhagen:

Danish police are fairly sure the gunman they killed this morning was the assailant who attacked the arts cafe and the synagogue, killing two people in total.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it was "a very sad morning" after "a cynical act of terror against Denmark". In a statement, she said: "I am happy and relieved that police have disarmed the alleged perpetrator behind the two shootings. I will continue to encourage everyone to follow police instructions and be vigilant."

10.55 Danish journalist Anders Kappel tweets:

_{Forensic police officers inspect the street outside a culture centre (AFP)}

10.49 A European Jewish organization is demanding round-the-clock protection at Jewish institutions following the Copenhagen attacks.

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, general director of the European Jewish Association, accused European Union leaders of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitic attacks and "rampant anti-Semitism.".

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10.43 Here is a profile of Lars Vilks, the cartoonist who depicted Prophet Mohammed as a dog and who was thought to be the target of the Copenhagen cafe shooting:

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who emerged unscathed from a deadly attack in a Copenhagen on Saturday, has survived several death threats since gaining international notoriety for a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.

Vilks was speaking at a debate on Islam and freedom of expression when a gunman fired a volley of shots into the Krudttonden cultural centre, leaving a 55-year-old man dead and three police officers wounded.

The 68-year-old artist has also survived a foiled assassination plot and other attacks since his drawing of the Muslim spiritual leader was published in a local Swedish paper in 2007 with an editorial on the importance of freedom of expression.

_{Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live: Heavily armed police officers watch a woman laying flowers outside the main Synagogue in Copenhagen (AFP)}

10.37 David Chazan reports from Copenhagen:

In a rather cruel irony, the name of the arts cafe attacked yesterday, Krudttoenden, means "powder keg" in Danish. Copenhagen this morning is quiet, but joggers and pedestrians are out and there is a sense that the city is determined to resume normal life. However, Denmark remains on maximum terror alert. Security has been tightened on the bridge outside Copenhagen to Sweden, which is used daily by tens of thousands of commuters. Extra police patrols are also being carried out on the border with Germany.

Denmark has been on high alert since the Paris attacks last month. Police protection of both the arts cafe where the free speech conference was held and the synagogue attacked hours later enabled the security forces to act swiftly and prevent more deaths.

A memorial ceremony is to be held tomorrow (Monday) at the cafe, with most Danish politicians expected to attend. The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, who has arrived in Copenhagen, is to visit the cafe this lunchtime.

_{Police cordon and crime scene investigation in Copenhagen after the terror attacks (REX)}

10.17 The Telegraph's David Chazan reports from Copenhagen:

Some details emerging from a press conference by the Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She said the suspected gunmen was seen on CCTV abandoning the Volkswagen Polo car he used for his getaway from the first shooting at the cafe, and taking a taxi which dropped him at his home.

Police identified the driver from the vehicle's number plate, and went to an address in the mainly immigrant Norrebro district after questioning him.

By the time police arrived, the suspected gunman had left. He is then believed to have carried out the synagogue shooting, fleeing the scene on foot. Police remained at the building and tried to apprehend him later, shooting him dead when he opened fire on them.

_{Forensic experts work at the site where a man was killed by police, close to Norrebro Station, in Copenhagen (REUTERS)}

10.02 Listen to the moment a gunman opens fire on a Cafe in Copenhagen during a debate on free speech:

09.24 The Board of Deputies of British Jews has released a statement:

Once again Jews at prayer, this time at a Copenhagen synagogue on the Sabbath, have come under attack in Europe... The Board of Deputies of British Jews condemns these attacks in the strongest possible terms. Our thoughts are with the families of all those who were killed and wounded in these shocking attacks in Denmark. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in Denmark and have contacted them to express our sympathy and our support.

09.10 The New York Times writer Kenan malik tweets:

08.38 Video of police in Copenhagen surrounding the location where the suspected gunman was shot dead:

08.30 Chief Police Inspector Torben Molgaard Jensen told a press conference that police presence on the streets of Copenhagen would remain high, but that:

We assume that it's the same culprit behind both incidents, and we also assume that the culprit that was shot by the police task force... is the person behind both of these assassinations

08.25 The US ambassador to Denmark tweets:

08:00 Officers had an address in the Norrebro area of the Danish city under observation and hailed the man as he approached before he opened fire on them and was shot, police said.

Investigator Joergen Skov told reporters the preliminary probe showed nothing that suggested there were other gunmen involved in the two earlier attacks, in which a man died after being shot in the head near a synagogue and a a 55-year-old man was killed at a freedom-of-speech event.

The second deadly attack took place in the Krystalgade area of the city, with two police officers also shot in the arm and leg and the gunman fleeing from the scene on foot.

A manhunt had already begun for the gunman who opened fire at an event at a Krudttonden cafe, leaving one citizen dead and three police officers injured.

_{Police personnel and vehicles are seen along a street in central Copenhagen, early February 15, 2015 (REUTERS)}

07.15 Danish police believe the man they shot dead at Norrebro station is gunman behind both Copenhagen attacks which killed two people

05.42 Deceased at the synagogue was a young Jewish man guarding a Jewish communion party, according to the head of the Jewish community.

05.40 Copenhagen police say the man they killed in shootout at train station was 'person of interest'. The exchange of fire took place in the multicultural inner-city neighbourhood of Noerrebro where police had been keeping an address under observation earlier in the day.

"At one point a person who could be interesting in relation to the investigation arrived at the site," police said.

After they called out to him "he opened fire against the police and was thereafter shot."

05.15 Apparently the man shot by police had been under surveillance to see whether he was behind the two shootings

05.00 Police now saying the person they shot in the train station is dead. Still unclear if this is the suspect, but they are holding a press conference at 10 GMT. "The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden and the synagogue in Krystalgade," police said in a statement.

04.00 Police now saying they have shot and injured someone in Noerrebro train station near the synagogue. Unclear at this stage what their condition is or whether they are the suspect. "The police have fired shots at Noerrebro Station. One person is hit. Condition unknown," Copenhagen police wrote on Twitter.

02.10 Checkpoints are being erected over Copenhagen, according to residents.

00.40 Attacker described as male, wearing black pants and black shoes. He was also wearing a light grey jacket. Police are urging all people in central Copenhagen to stay indoors.

00.35 A map of the distance between the two attack locations:

00.30 Sky cameraman Pete Milnes said: “There were six or seven gunshots within a minute or so. Armed police were on the scene and a helicopter was overhead. There were 20 or 30 armed officers with semi-automatic rifles shouting at resident to stay inside.”

00.28 Danish television station TV2 says a large metro and train station nearby, Norreport, is being evacuated.

00.20 Reports just in that one person was shot in the head and two policeman shot in the arms and legs in the gunfire. Police say it is too early to say whether the two attacks are related or whether it is the same gunman. The man fled from the scene on foot.

00.08 Sky News has the news that a man in a grey hooded top has been surrounded by six armed officers after apparently shooting at Krystalgade synagogue.

00.04 We're getting reports of more gunshots in Copenhagen city centre. Stay tuned.

22.10 BBC has audio of the moment the shooting started. Makes you realise how lucky many of them were to escape injury.

21.57 A columnist for French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has condemned a shooting in Copenhagen that targeted a debate on Islam and free speech, saying: "We are all Danish tonight".

One man was killed and three police officers were wounded when a gunmen attacked a cultural centre hosting a seminar attended by the French ambassador and a Swedish cartoonist who has faced threats over his depictions of the Prophet Mohammed.

"They targeted an artist and also France," columnist Patrick Pelloux told AFP. "We must fight fascism at all costs. We are all Danish tonight."

21.30 New images of suspected gunman emerge as Denmark steps up its manhunt for art cafe shooter.

20.40 Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told reporters in Copenhagen: "We feel certain now that it's a politically motivated attack, and thereby it is a terrorist attack.

"We take this situation extremely seriously. We are in a high alarm all over the country, and our main priority at this stage is to catch the perpetrators and make sure that we find them as soon as possible."

19.40 Police have released a physical description of one of the shooting suspects.

He is described as:

“Male, 25-30 years old, around 185cm tall, athletic build with an Arabic appearance but with lighter skin than normal and with black, slick hair. He was wearing a black or dark blue ski coat with matching pants and presumably gloves. He had covered the bottom part of his face all the way up to the eyes with a guerrilla scarf in yellow/orange and red.

“He had a black black machine gun/machine rifle. Witnesses described it as 90-100cm long, completely black and plastic-looking.”

19.34 DANISH PRIME MINISTER SAYS COPENHAGEN SHOOTING IS A TERRORIST ATTACK, WHOLE COUNTRY IS ON HIGH ALERT

19.24 This is the photo released by police of the gunman.

19.16 Police say just one gunman in Copenhagen attack, disseminate photo of suspect

19.15 David Cameron said his thoughts were with the Danish people, tweeting: "I condemn the shootings in Copenhagen. Free speech must always be protected."

18.38 Danish PM calls Copenhagen shooting 'terrorist act'

18.23 More from David Chazan in Paris.

The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, tweeted: "Freedom attacked in #Copenhagen. Solidarity with the Danes. @BCazeneuve (French interior minister) is going there. France does not yield. #JeSuisCharlie

18.15 DANISH POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW IF COPENHAGEN SHOOTING INCIDENT WAS A "TERRORIST ACT" BUT ARE INVESTIGATING IT AS ONE

17.50 Two suspected assailants escaped by vehicle after Copenhagen attack: police

17.44 More from Inna Shevchenko:

17.35 Among those inside was Inna Shevchenko, an activist with feminist group Femen.

She said they are all now at a police station.

17.31 The victim was a 40-year-old Danish man, police have said.

17.30 Copenhagen police confirmed to the Berlingske newspaper that the suspects wore black and spoke Danish.

The meeting was held under tight security, with delegates subject to searches as they entered the building.

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17.22 Some reports suggest that the getaway car - the VW Polo - has been found abandoned, not far from the cultural centre.

17.13 ONE CIVILIAN DEAD AFTER SHOOTING INCIDENT IN COPENHAGEN - POLICE

17.12 These are the latest images from the cultural centre, showing how the attackers attempted to storm their way in.

17.01 More from Paris.

David Chazan reports that the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, will go to Copenhagen "as soon as possible," the office of President Hollande announced.

The French foreign minister has condemned what he said was "a terrorist attack".

16.55 The debate resumed after the shooting, according to one of the organisers.

Helle Merete Brix told TV2 News:

People actually reacted very calmly, and the meeting continued. We could not get away, so we continued our discussion.

She said that she and the Swedish cartoonist hid in the cold store of the cultural centre.

I was in a cold room and kept hold of Lars Vilks' hand. He was very cool.

We stood and told each other bad jokes.

His bodyguards did a tremendous job.

It is a dramatic and unpleasant reminder of what we are up against in these times.

16.49 The French ambassador, Francois Zimeray, has given a dramatic account of the attack to AFP news agency.

They fired on us from the outside. It was the same intention as (the January 7 attack on) Charlie Hebdo except they didn't manage to get in.

Intuitively I would say there were at least 50 gunshots, and the police here are saying 200.

Bullets went through the doors and everyone threw themselves to the floor. We managed to flee the room, and now we're staying inside because it's still dangerous.

The attackers haven't been caught and they could very well still be in the neighbourhood.

16.46 This is the latest image from the scene.

16.42 Danish police are searching for a VW Polo, registration number AT 25 919.

This tweet, from a local journalist, reads: "WANTED IN COPENHAGEN : Police are looking for a VW Polo with registration AT 25 919 after shots fired on Osterbro".

Osterbro is a district in central Copenhagen.

16.36 Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The Associated Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured.

I saw a masked man running past. A couple of police officers were injured.

I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks.

16.34 Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist, has described himself as "a constant target".

16.32 A reminder that the French ambassador to Denmark was attending the discussion.

From Paris, our correspondent David Chazan reports:

Three Danish policemen have been wounded by shots fired at the cultural centre where a blasphemy debate was being held, the French TV news channel BFM reported

16.25 Mr Vilks spoke to The Wall Street Journal about the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and said that he refused to hide away in fear.

Police protection doesn’t offer a 100% guarantee as we saw with Charlie Hebdo but it goes pretty far. I don’t have to lie awake at night listening for odd sounds.

He has to plan outings in advance because he “can’t go anywhere without a police escort,” he said.

It’s tricky for me to be spontaneous.

Mr Vilks said he agrees that ridiculing religion in itself doesn’t have a value—“you need to have a point.” But he rejects the idea that artists and satirists should tread more carefully in their criticism of Islam.

Almost the entire Muslim world is subject to a theological rule that has a strange outcome when it comes to human rights. You can’t ignore that.

Then you’re talking tactics, how should one go about to change that.

Some say, you should be very careful, but that’s just postponing the problem. Sooner or later you have to explain what you’re criticising.

16.23 The event featured Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who in 2007 drew an image of the Prophet as a dog on a traffic circle.

As a result, Al Qaeda in Iraq placed a $150,000 bounty on his head, and protests broke out across the Middle East.

He now is protected by bodyguards - his security detail was increased following the Paris attacks - and was unharmed in today's shooting.

16.21 The shooting took place during a discussion entitled: "Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression".

16.19 A Norwegian journalist says that Danish television is reporting that a civilian in his 30s has been killed.

We have not received any official confirmation of this.

16.14 The French ambassador to Denmark, Francois Zimeray, was inside the cafe at the time.

He has tweeted that he is fine.

16.11 It is not yet known who is behind the shooting. Two gunmen are said to be on the run, in a dark-coloured Volkswagen polo.

16.10 Danish media say several shots have been fired at a cafe in Copenhagen where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held, organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad in 2007.

The TV2 channel said Saturday there were some 30 bullet holes in the window of the Krudttoenden cafe and said at least two people were taken away on stretchers, including a uniformed police officer.

Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The Associated Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured. When the artist is in Denmark, he receives police protection.

The cafe in northern Copenhagen, known for its jazz concerts, was hosting an event titled "Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression" when the shots were fired.

Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel that he saw two wounded people.