The Danish media reported that two unknown assailants gave about 40 shots to your site café, which held a debate “Art, blasphemy, freedom of speech,” organized by the editors of the largest Danish newspaper “Jyllands Posten.”
The meeting was attended by the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the author of cartoons of Muhammad in 2007. He was also present French Ambassador, François Zimeray. The shooting began when he just spoke. Neither Lars Vilksowi nor Francois’owi Zimeray’owi nothing happened. Danish police determines the shooting as a terrorist attack.
Police evening announced that it probably was, however, one striker. On the recording, monitoring found a man who passed shortly after the attack outside the cafe. Police shows him as a potential perpetrator of the assassination and conducts its search.
The controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks is known for his blasphemous cartoons
As explained by agency The Associated Press, was shot at a café Krudttoenden the north of Copenhagen, known for taking jazz concerts there.
– I heard someone started screaming and shoot with automatic weapons. The police returned fire. I hid behind the bar, I felt like in a movie – told Danish TV channel 2 one of the speakers meeting Niels Ivar Larsen.
Café, where the shootings occurred
According to the organizers, draftsman nothing happened. Ambassador announced on Twitter that he was alive and still resides in the cafeteria.
Police said that the ongoing pursuit of probably two perpetrators of the shooting, who fled from the scene dark Volkswagen Polo. According to police, the incident fatality is 40-year-old man.
The shooting was informed President Francois Hollande – gave the Elysee Palace. To place, to Copenhagen, as soon as possible will be the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve.
In a separate statement, the head of the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius “forcefully condemned” this – as he put it – “terrorist attack”.
For the Muslims, creating images of people and other living beings is forbidden, and the portrayal of the prophet Muhammad, especially in the offensive form, is a particular blasphemy.
Lars Vilks is the author created in 2007. Muhammad cartoons disguised as a dog.
After the publication of the Middle East erupted violent protests and riots, and Vilks and newspaper editors were imposed fatwa and sentenced to death by the fanatical followers of Islam. Five years ago, two men tried to burn the house cartoonist in southern Sweden, but were stopped.
Danish Prime Minister called the shooting an act of terrorism, and the president of France announced that the Interior Minister of this country urgently fly to Denmark.
In pursuit of the perpetrators of the Danish police shootings also help colleagues in neighboring Sweden.
European Commission condemns the attack
The European Commission condemns the shooting in Copenhagen. Condemning the attack, the EC said in a statement that “one life lost is one too many.” Brussels stressed that Europe is united with Denmark in defense wolości expression and “do not be intimidated.”
For the first time Muhammad cartoons appeared in a Danish newspaper in 2005. Official “Jyllands-Posten” published when drawings created by 12 cartoonists. The publication sparked outrage and mass protests in Muslim countries.
One of the authors of these drawings, Kurt Westergaardowi, repeatedly threatened with death. There was also an incident where Westergaard home invaded 29-year-old Somali with an ax, who wanted to kill the cartoonist.
From the beginning of the year is increased dissatisfaction of the Muslim world with the publication of caricatures of Muhammad. Terrorist attacks on the editorial boards that have decided to publish these drawings. In January, there was an attempt on the editorial staff of the French satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo”, which killed 12 employees of the newspaper. A week later, the person who managed to survive the attack, issued a new issue of the magazine, which again posted the cartoons of Mohammed. Met with mass protests in Muslim countries.
A few days after the assassination in Paris, set fire to the editors of German daily “Hamburger Morgenpost”, which printed the satirical images of Mohammed from “Charlie Hebdo”. No one was injured.
IAR, PAP, bk
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