Issued on: 03/07/2022 – 21:44
A shooting at a Copenhagen shopping mall on Sunday left several dead and injured, police said.
The suspect, who is custody, is a 22-year-old Danish man who was detained near the Fields shopping mall, said police inspector Søren Thomassen, head of the Copenhagen police operations unit.
På baggrund af hændelsen i Fields indkalder Københavns Politi til en pressebriefing kl. 20.45 på Politigården, Otto Mønsteds Gade. Til stede vil være chefpolitiinspektør Søren Thomassen #politdk
— Københavns Politi (@KobenhavnPoliti) July 3, 2022
“We know that there are several dead” and “several injured,” Thomassen told a news conference, adding that terror can’t be ruled out. “We do not have information that others are involved. this is what we know now.”
Copenhagen Mayor Sophie H. Andersen tweeted: “Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many were injured or dead, but it is very serious.”
Forfærdelige meldinger om skyderi i Fields. Vi ved endnu ikke med sikkerhed, hvor mange der er sårede eller døde, men det er meget alvorligt. Kriseberedskabet i @Koebenhavner er indkaldt. Vi er klar til at hjælpe, hvis @KobenhavnPoliti efterspørger det. Vi er i tæt kontakt #dkpol
— Sophie H. Andersen (@SophieHAndersen) July 3, 2022