The shooting happened Sunday night at Field’s shopping center. The condition of those taken to the hospital is not yet known. The police say they have arrested one person.
20:07•Updated 21:13
A shooting has taken place in a shopping center in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, on Sunday evening.
The police are announcing a major operation in progress at Field’s shopping centre. According to the authorities, shots were fired in the shopping center and many people were hit.
The police say that one person has been arrested in connection with the incident. More detailed information about the arrest has not yet been made public.
Those present are advised to wait for the police in peace and to notify their loved ones. All other people are told to stay away from the surroundings of the mall. The police are also asking for eyewitness observations of the events at the shopping center.
The Danish news channel tells about the Rigshospitalet hospital for TV2 (you switch to another service), that the three injured in the shooting are being treated in the hospital. There is no more detailed information about their condition.
The shopping center is located in the Amager district between Copenhagen Airport and the city center.
Finnish eyewitness: “It’s not safe to go out”
A Finn is staying in the hotel next to the shopping center Tuulia Kainulainenwho had arrived together with his mother to watch Harry Styles a concert. They were getting ready in their hotel room when the sounds of the scene began to waft through the open window.
– A terrible scream started to be heard outside and then the sounds of police cars. When we looked down, there were hundreds of people running away from the shopping center, Kainulanen tells by phone.
While the sounds of helicopters started to be heard from outside, inside the hotel, people were running in the corridors, panicked and hysterical, according to Kainulainen. According to him, the police have urged hotel guests to stay indoors.
– There are still dozens of police cars and other authorities outside. We called the hotel’s reception, who said that it was not safe to go out, says Kainulainen.
Heavily armed police
The woman interviewed by the Danish TV2 says that she was having a meal with her friend in one of the mall’s restaurants when she heard loud shots.
– We saw many people suddenly running towards the exit, and then we heard a shot. Then we ran out too, he says.
According to TV2, there are a large number of police cars and ambulances outside the mall, and there are heavily armed police in the area.
Another eyewitness told Ekstra Bladet newspaper, according to Danish news agency Ritzau, that police fired warning shots and ordered the male gunman to drop his weapon.
– We heard them shout “drop the gun”, and they fired a couple of warning shots, and then we ran away, the eyewitness told Ekstra Bladet.
Others said they were on their way to park in the mall’s parking garage when several people ran out and warned of gunfire.