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Danish police said on Monday they had charged two people with aiding the man suspected of shooting dead two people in attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech in Copenhagen at the weekend. The shootings, which Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt called acts of terrorism, sent shockwaves through Denmark and have been compared…
The volunteer guard killed outside Copenhagen’s synagogue was identified as Dan Uzan, 37. Uzan, whose father is Israeli and whose mother is Danish, died Saturday night shortly after sustaining fatal gunshot injuries, the Jewish Community in Copenhagen wrote in statement published on the website of the Security and Crisis Center by the European Jewish Congress….
Denmark’s chief rabbi on Sunday reportedly said he was “disappointed” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call on European Jews to immigrate to Israel, following the double shootings in Copenhagen a day earlier, including one on a synagogue that left a young Jewish guard dead. “Terror is not a reason to move to Israel,” said…
Danish police shot dead a gunman in Copenhagen on Sunday they believe was responsible for killing two people — including a Jewish guard at the city’s main synagogue — and wounding five police in separate attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting freedom of speech. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the shootings, which bore…
(Reuters) — A man who had been shot in the head multiple times at a Copenhagen synagogue has died from his injuries, Danish police said on Sunday. Denmark was on high alert and a massive manhunt was underway after the shooting on Saturday, in which two police officers were injured. The attack occurred hours after…
