At least three people have been murdered and numerous more injured in a shooting at a shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital.
Police Inspector Soren Thomassen told reporters that a 22-year-old Danish male was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the shooting on Sunday.
He said there was no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack, and said that it was too early to speculate on a motive for the shooting.
The attack rocked Denmark at the end of an otherwise joyful week, just after it hosted the first three stages of the Tour de France cycle race. The event had sent hundreds of thousands of cheering Danes into the streets across the country.
“Denmark was hit by a cruel attack on Sunday night. Several were killed. Even more wounded. Innocent families shopping or eating out. Children, adolescents and adults,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement late on Sunday.
“Our beautiful and usually so safe capital was changed in a split second,” she said. “I want to encourage the Danes to stand together and support each other in this difficult time.”
The shooting happened in the late afternoon at Field’s, one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia and located on the outskirts of the Danish capital.
