Attacks in Copenhagen in 2015

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On February 14 and 15, 2015, there were two Islamist attacks in Copenhagen . On the afternoon of February 14th was the cultural center Krudttønden in Copenhagen area Østerbro an attack perpetrated. The Danish documentary filmmaker Finn Nørgaard was killed and three police officers injured. The aim of the attack was a discussion event on the subject of art, blasphemy and freedom of expression, in which the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks also took part.

The following night there was a second attack on the Copenhagen synagogue , in which the Jewish guard Dan Uzan was shot and two police officers were injured. The perpetrator, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein , was caught by emergency services shortly afterwards and shot after resistance.

Course of action

The attack on the cultural center Krudttønden (German: "The Powder Keg") occurred on Saturday, February 14, 2015. A perpetrator opened fire with an automatic weapon from the outside through the facade window into the cultural center, resulting in an exchange of fire with two bodyguards of the PET and a police officer. The perpetrator killed a visitor to the event, documentary filmmaker Finn Nørgaard, and injured three police officers present. At that time, a discussion event took place in the center's hall. The Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was one of the speakers on the subject of “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression ” . Vilks and the French ambassador to Denmark, François Zimeray , who was also present , were not injured. Other participants were the activist of the group Femen , Inna Shevchenko , and the curator of the art festival “Passion for Freedom”, Agnieszka Kolek. It is believed that the attack was aimed at Vilks.

After the attack, the perpetrator fled in a stolen car and then continued his escape in a taxi.

The following night, the same perpetrator shot and killed the Jewish security guard Dan Uzan in front of the synagogue on Krystalgade and injured two policemen. Dan Uzan was an economist who worked for the Danish Ministry of Finance and volunteered on the security team of his Jewish community. The three men stood guard to protect the guests of a Bat Mitzvah celebration .

Investigations

After the attack, the police first looked for two men. The getaway car was found about two kilometers north of the first crime scene. Information from the driver of the taxi used by the perpetrator on his further escape enabled an address in the Copenhagen district of Nørrebro to be determined and observed.

There, the alleged perpetrator was found on February 15, 2015 shortly before 5 a.m. by Danish forces. When approached by the police, the suspect shot the police officers and was subsequently shot. According to the Danish police, the perpetrator is the 22-year-old Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, who was born in Denmark. He had previously become conspicuous through violent crimes and violations of the gun law. Furthermore, the perpetrator is said to have been involved in gang crime.

The Danish news and secret service Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) suspects a political motive behind the attacks.

The German federal police and the Swedish police participated in the manhunt.

Reactions

Flowers in front of the synagogue on February 15th

After the attack, the French President François Hollande and the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt telephoned . The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius strongly condemned the terrorist attack. The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve paid a visit to Copenhagen on February 15. Islamist extremists carried out an attack on the editors of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015, and shot twelve people. In a hostage situation two days later four more people died.

In addition to expressing condolences for the Danish people and the Jewish community in Denmark, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has also called on Jews in Europe to emigrate to Israel . For this reaction, Netanyahu has already been strongly criticized in the past by some Jewish associations in Europe and Israeli commentators as insensitive, opportunistic and counterproductive. Also Jair Melchior , chief rabbi of Denmark, expressed disappointment with this statement Netanyahu. The former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany , Charlotte Knobloch , appealed to politicians to take tough action against Islamist currents and to deal honestly with cultural differences.

Web links

Commons : Attacks in Copenhagen 2015  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAZ.net : Attacks in Copenhagen - alleged shooter angry with Israel , February 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Overblik: Det ved vi om skudattentatet på Østerbro (Danish) . In: Politiken , February 14, 2015. Accessed February 16, 2015. 
  3. ^ Peter Krogh Andersen: Filminstruktør var lørdagens første offer i København (Danish) , Danmarks Radio . February 15, 2015. 
  4. ↑ A taxi driver gave the decisive tip. In: FAZ.net . February 15, 2015, accessed February 15, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Details of Attack Emerge as Copenhagen Synagogue Security Guard Dan Uzan Hailed as Hero , The Allgemeine, February 15, 2015
  6. ↑ Mette Dahlgaard: Jødisk formand om afdød mand: Dan Uzan var med til at forhindre Massakre (Danish) . In: Berlingske , February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015. 
  7. ↑ Københavns Politi holdt klokken 8 pressemøde, hvor de orienterede om nattens hændelser (Danish) , Danmarks Radio . February 15, 2015. Accessed February 16, 2015. 
  8. ↑ peer./AFP/dpa/Reuters: Police shoot alleged assassin in Copenhagen. In: FAZ.net . February 15, 2015, accessed February 15, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Press conference of the police on February 15, 2015 at 8 a.m. / TV2 News
  10. ^ Omar Abdel Hamid var en gammel kending af politiet (Danish) . In: Politiken , February 15, 2015. Accessed February 16, 2015. 
  11. ↑ Terroristjakt efter dåd mot Vilks (Swedish) . In: Svenska Dagbladet , February 14, 2015. Accessed February 15, 2015. 
  12. ^ After a shooting near the synagogue: A second dead person in Copenhagen ( memento from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), on tagesschau.de from February 15, 2015, accessed on February 15, 2015
  13. ↑ www.ambafrance-de.org: press release
  14. ↑ France side by side with Denmark after Paris' inspired terror attacks (English) . In: Radio France Internationale , February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015. 
  15. ↑ mg. / dpa: First arrests in Copenhagen. In: FAZ.net . February 15, 2015, accessed October 13, 2018 .
  16. ↑ "We will defend our democracy". In: FAZ.net . February 15, 2015, accessed February 15, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Newsletter of the Embassy of the State of Israel from February 16, 2015
  18. ↑ European Jewish group slams Netanyahu's call for French Jews to immigrate to Israel in Haaretz , accessed February 15, 2015
  19. ↑ Israel must stop encouraging French Jews to emigrate , in: Haaretz , accessed on February 15, 2015
  20. ↑ a b Arrests after attacks in Copenhagen in Die Zeit , accessed on February 15, 2015

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