Police Shoot Man Dead After Denmark Attacks

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Police have shot a man dead near the scene of a fatal shooting attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen.

Danish police said officers had killed the man after he opened fire on them at the city's Nørrebro Station.

They say they are now investigating if the man was responsible for two separate deadly attacks that happened just two miles apart in the capital within hours of each other.

The attack at the city's main synagogue in Krystalgade just after midnight UK time saw one man die after being shot in the head and two policemen also shot, one in the arm and the other leg.

A major manhunt was already underway after an earlier attack, in which one man was killed and three police officers injured when a gunman opened fire at a cafe where a meeting on free speech was taking place.

"The police are now investigating if the person could be behind the shootings at Krudttoenden (cafe) and the synagogue in Krystalgade," police said in a statement.

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Gallery: One person killed in Shooting At Danish Free Speech Meeting

The attack on Krudttoenden cafe took place shortly before 4pm local time on Saturday afternoon

Police surround the cafe in Denmark's capital Copenhagen

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An officer secures the area around the building where a debate on Islam and free speech was being held

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About 30 bullet holes were seen in the windows of cafe

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A 40-year-old man died and three police officers are understood to have been injured in the attack

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Police had earlier said the gunman responsible for the synagogue attack fled on foot, and urged people in the centre of the city to remain indoors.

Copenhagen police spokesman Allan Teddy Wadsworth-Hansen said: "We don't know if there is any connection between the two shootings unfortunately.

"It would (seem) likely to think so, but we have no indications (as to whether) there is any link, so for now I can't give any further information."

Danish television station TV2 reported a large metro and train station near the scene, Norreport, was being evacuated.

Sky News cameraman Pete Milnes, who was in a hotel next to the synagogue when the shootings took place, said: "There was a succession of about six or seven gunshots.

"Within a minute or so, armed police were on the scene, a helicopter was hovering overhead. I witnessed police apprehend an individual who was handcuffed and later released.

"There was 20 to 30 armed police officers with semi-automatic rifles shouting at locals to stay indoors and close windows."

He said the scene was now calmer.

"There's probably a dozen or so armed officers and a few detectives with sniffer dogs who seem to be combing the area ... and lifting drain covers," he said.

"Now they're just sealing off the area."

The earlier attack took place at a cafe hosting a debate on freedom of speech attended by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has been threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

A 40-year-old man died in the attack at Krudttoenden cafe, which took place shortly before 3pm UK time - and police said a suspect was still at large.

Around 30 bullet holes were seen in the windows of cafe in the north of the city after the attack and at least two people were seen being taken away on stretchers, TV2 said.

Witnesses said police returned fire after someone shouted and opened fire.

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