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February 17, 2015

Hundreds Show Solidarity in Paris After Denmark Attack 
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Danish Embassy in Paris to express
solidarity with Denmark over the weekend attacks on a free speech event
and a synagogue. The Danish ambassador to France, Anne Dorte Riggelsen,
said the feelings are similar to those that followed last month's
attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.

Anne Dorte Riggelsen: "It's really moving, because what I feel is that
everyone feels Danish, like we all felt French, Charlie, cop, Jew. And
this solidarity, that's almost physical and corporeal, is very, very
important for my country, for my people, because today we are in
mourning."

Danish authorities have arrested two people accused of assisting the
Copenhagen gunman, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, who was shot dead by
police.

 

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