Three people killed in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting as 22-year-old suspect arrested
Sky News says THREE PEOPLE have been killed and three others are in critical condition after a shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, police in Denmark have said.
A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting at the Field’s shopping centre, one of the largest in Scandinavia, Copenhagen chief inspector Soeren Thomassen said.
Copenhagen shooter worked alone
Following the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting, he said the victims included a man in his 40s and “two young people,” without giving further details. Several others were injured, three critically, he added.
Chief inspector Thomassen said police first received reports of a shooting at 5.37 pm on Sunday and arrested the suspect 11 minutes later.
He said there was no evidence that the perpetrator was working in conspiracy with others. and the Copenhagen shooter was working alone.
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Danes and a Russian citizen among the dead
The three people killed in Sunday’s shooting have been identified as a Danish woman and man, both aged 17, and a 47-year-old Russian citizen residing in Denmark, Danish police say.
Another four were injured in the shooting: two Danish women, aged 19 and 40, and two Swedish citizens, a 50-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl, Copenhagen police chief Soeren Thomassen says.
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