Danish police said on Sunday (July 3) that several people were hit by gunshots at a shopping centre in Copenhagen. One person has been arrested. The police have advised people inside the shopping centre to stay put and wait for police assiatance.
Local media published images showing heavily armed police officers at the scene, as well as people running out of the mall.
British singer Harry Styles’ concert was scheduled to take place less than a mile away from the mall later in the evening.
Danish police said Sunday they had arrested one person in connection to a shooting inside a Copenhagen shopping mall.
“One person has been arrested in connection to the shooting in Fields. Currently we are unable to say anything else about their identity,” Copenhagen police said in a post to Twitter.
“Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many are injured or dead, but it is very serious,” Copenhagen’s mayor, Sophie Andersen, said in a post to social media.
According to public broadcaster DR, at least three people were being treated in hospital.
Eyewitnesses quoted by Danish media said they saw more than 100 people rush towards the mall’s exit as the first shots were heard.
“We could see that many people suddenly ran towards the exit and then we heard a bang. Then we ran out of Field’s too,” Thea Schmidt, who was in the mall at time of the attack told broadcaster TV2.
(With inputs from agencies)
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