Danish police confirmed “several injured and dead” in a shooting recorded this afternoon at the Fields shopping center in Copenhagen.
One individual, described as a 22-year-old Dane, was arrested. A thorough investigation is underway across the country, Copenhagen Police Chief Soren Thomassen told reporters.
He added that his motives are unknown at this time. The police investigate a possible terrorist background, while speaking of great uncertainty about what happened.
He pointed out that there are no indications of the existence of more than one perpetrator, but the police continue to work with the hypothesis that there may be more and will continue to investigate with the intelligence services until they can confirm the opposite with absolute certainty.
He indicated that around 5:30 pm, local time, the police received information about a shooting in the Amager district, located between the city center and the airport, and that they sent reinforcements to the area.
The Danish network TV2 had reported three people admitted for the shooting, according to the statements of the Rigshospitalet hospital press officer, Jacob Aaen.
Copenhagen police had previously reported sending reinforcements to the mall after receiving reports of a shooting.
“There have been shots and several people have been hit,” he said, without specifying victims or deaths, while confirming the arrest of a suspected person in connection with the shooting. “Right now we can’t say more about his identity,” she added.
