Shots fired in Copenhagen mall, several victims, one arrest
Danish police said Sunday that a shooting inside a Copenhagen shooting mall had left "several dead," and several wounded, adding that an arrested suspect was a 22-year-old Dane.
"We now know that there are several dead," Copenhagen police chief Soren Thomassen told journalists, describing the suspect, who they believed acted alone, as an "ethnic Dane."
Images from the scene showed women carrying their children and ambulance personnel carrying people away on stretchers.
According to public broadcaster DR, at least three people were being treated in hospital.
Eyewitnesses quoted by Danish media said they saw more than 100 people rush towards the mall's exit as the first shots were heard.
"We could see that many people suddenly ran towards the exit and then we heard a bang. Then we ran out of Field's too," Thea Schmidt, who was in the mall at time of the attack told broadcaster TV2.
- One arrest -
Police had urged people in the building to wait inside for their arrival and called on others to keep away from the area.
In addition, police asked that witnesses get in touch with them and called on those that had visited the shopping mall to contact their relatives.
"One person has been...