Denmark to honour attack victims

AFP, COPENHAGEN: One year after a Danish-born gunman killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard in twin attacks in Copenhagen, the country will on Sunday honour the victims amid tight security. On February 14, 2015, Omar El-Hussein, a 22-year-old Dane of Palestinian origin, opened fire with an automatic weapon on a cultural centre where Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks—reviled by Islamists for portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog in 2007 -- was among those attending a conference on “art, blasphemy and freedom”. Danish filmmaker Finn Norgaard, 55, was killed and three policemen were wounded. After managing to escape, the assailant shot a 37-year-old Jewish security guard, Dan Uzan, in front of a synagogue, also wounding two police officers. El-Hussein, seemingly inspired by the attacks on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, was killed a few hours later in a shootout with police in the immigrant-heavy Norrebro district. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will on Sunday leave flowers outside the cultural centre and the city’s main synagogue.

Denmark to honour attack victims

AFP, COPENHAGEN: One year after a Danish-born gunman killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard in twin attacks in Copenhagen, the country will on Sunday honour the victims amid tight security. On February 14, 2015, Omar El-Hussein, a 22-year-old Dane of Palestinian origin, opened fire with an automatic weapon on a cultural centre where Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilksreviled by Islamists for portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog in 2007 -- was among those attending a conference on art, blasphemy and freedom. Danish filmmaker Finn Norgaard, 55, was killed and three policemen were wounded. After managing to escape, the assailant shot a 37-year-old Jewish security guard, Dan Uzan, in front of a synagogue, also wounding two police officers. El-Hussein, seemingly inspired by the attacks on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, was killed a few hours later in a shootout with police in the immigrant-heavy Norrebro district. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will on Sunday leave flowers outside the cultural centre and the citys main synagogue.