The suspect in the attack, a 22-year-old man, was arrested after the shooting, police chief Søren Thomassen said.
According to him, nothing indicates at the moment that other people have participated in the massacre.
The three victims fatalities are a man in his forties and two young people whose ages were not specified.
The motives for the attack are still unknown. The chief inspector of the armed body pointed out that “an act of terrorism” could not be excluded.
Amid speculation on social media about the attacker, the Policeman confirmed that it is investigating videos posted online that would show the suspect with guns pointed at his head.
A large police device was deployed around the compound and in other parts of the Danish capital.
The shooting occurred at 5:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. GMT) and caused a panic movement. Many people had flocked to the venue before a concert by British singer Harry Styles began in a nearby hall. The event was canceled after the shooting.
According to witnesses interviewed by the Danish media, the suspect tried to mislead the victims, for example by saying that his gun was a fake to get them to come closer.
“He was psychopathic enough to chase people, but he didn’t run”said a witness interviewed by public television DR.
More than a hundred people ran out of the shopping center when the first shots were heard, according to photographs released after the incident.
Others had to stay in the mall. The police actually asked the people who were still in the building to stay inside.
“All of a sudden we heard shots, I heard ten shots, and we ran as fast as we could to the bathroom,” Isabella, who did not provide her last name, told DR. She hid there for two hours.
The mayor of the city, Sophie Haestorp Andersen, reported the installation of a crisis cell.
The streets surrounding the shopping center were blocked by a wide security perimeter and the circulation of the subway was suspended, an AFP journalist at the scene confirmed. A helicopter was flying over the area.
“My daughters planned to go [al concierto de] Harry Styles. They called me to say that someone was shooting. They were in a restaurant when it happened,” Hans Christian Stolz, a 53-year-old Swede who picked up his daughters at the scene, told AFP.
“At first we thought it was people running because they saw Harry Styles, then we realized it was people in panic. (…) We ran for our lives,” added his daughter, Cassandra.
Some images showed medical personnel carrying an injured person on a stretcher and mothers comforting their children in their arms.
“My team and I are praying for all those affected by the shooting in the Copenhagen shopping center. I am in shock,” the British singer reacted on the Snapchat social network.
The last attack in Copenhagen occurred on February 14 and 15, 2015 when a series of shootings at the hands of Islamists caused two deaths and five injuries.
Source: Ambito
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