Chilling footage shows a man walking calmly through the shopping centre carrying appears to be a hunting rifle
Police said they were first alerted to the shooting at 5:36pm local time and arrested the suspect 11 minutes later.
A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers arrived at the scene, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.Shoppers were seen running from the shopping mall."Innocent families shopping or eating out. Children, adolescents and adults," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement late on Sunday."I want to encourage the Danes to stand together and support each other in this difficult time.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping centre with his family when he heard "three-four bangs".It is not known how many people are injured.Emilie Jeppesen, 20, told Denmark's Jyllands Posten: "You didn’t know what was happening. Suddenly there was just chaos everywhere."Then we first thought 'why do people run?' But then we could hear shots.
Children who were near the scene of the shooting to attend the concert will be offered psychological support, police said. In a tweet, the former One Direction star said he was "heartbroken" and "devastated for the victims".Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Sophie Andersen tweeted: "Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many are injured or dead, but it is very serious."Earlier police advised people inside the mall to stay where they were and await police assistance.Civilians have been told to await police assitance.
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