Danish police shot and killed a man in Copenhagen on Sunday who they believe was responsible for two deadly attacks at an event promoting freedom of speech and on a synagogue. The prime minister described the first shooting, which bore similarities to an assault in Paris in January on the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, as a terrorist attack.
Copenhagen shootings - Feb. 15, 2015
![Armed police works in a cordoned off area in a street near Norrebro Station following shootings in Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 15, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BBA1F9C6-CE43-4BDA-8068-DB38D6E1A2AD_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armed police works in a cordoned off area in a street near Norrebro Station following shootings in Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 15, 2015.
![Danish police conduct a search at an apartment at Mjoelnerparken at Norrebro in connection with Saturday's shootings, Feb. 15, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/C5AA06B1-F8E3-4FAC-9E8E-F545217E9857_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Danish police conduct a search at an apartment at Mjoelnerparken at Norrebro in connection with Saturday's shootings, Feb. 15, 2015.
![Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt reacts during a news conference on the shootings Saturday in Copenhagen, Feb. 15, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6ED883E1-8606-469D-A96E-055DCC2269E0_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt reacts during a news conference on the shootings Saturday in Copenhagen, Feb. 15, 2015.
![A woman talks to police officers in front of the synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen, Feb. 15, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9F4280B0-3BDB-43BD-9298-A8614826C0B7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman talks to police officers in front of the synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen, Feb. 15, 2015.