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February 16, 2015

Suspect Killed in Deadly Copenhagen Attacks on Free Speech Event, Synagogue 
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Danish police have shot and killed a man they say carried out attacks on
a synagogue and an event promoting free speech in Copenhagen. Local
media identified the suspect as 22-year-old Omar al-Hussein, who had
reportedly been released from prison just weeks earlier. Two other
people have also been charged with aiding him. The presumed target of
the attacks, Swedish artist Lars Vilks, has received death threats for
depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog. Vilks was unharmed,
but a Danish film director was shot dead and three police officers
injured. Hours later, the gunman attacked a synagogue, killing a guard
outside and injuring another two police officers. The attacks in
Copenhagen come a month after gunmen attacked the Paris offices of the
French magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people. We will have more on
the Denmark shootings after headlines.

 

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