Posted on 02/14/2015 8:29:54 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Edited on 02/14/2015 12:25:39 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cafe, killing one man in what authorities called a likely terror attack during a free speech event organized by an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.
The shooting, which also wounded three police officers, came a month after extremists killed 12 people at a satirical newspaper in Paris that had also sparked Muslim outrage with its depictions of Muhammad.
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NRA member? Tea Partier? Sarah Palin supporter?
Just another Random Shooter ?
Shots were fired Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen that was hosting a freedom of speech event organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad in 2007.AP via WaPo
Some 30 bullet holes ripped through the window of the Krudttoenden cafe and at least two people were taken away on stretchers, including a uniformed police officer, the TV2 channel said Saturday.
Helle Merete Brix, one of the organizers of the event, told The Associated Press that Vilks was present at the event but not injured. “I saw a masked man running past,” she said. “A couple of police officers were injured.” …
Below from an article. An assassination attempt on the cartoonist, who is unharmed.
Three police officers were wounded at a shooting in a Copenhagen café hosting a freedom of speech debate. The French ambassador and Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for drawing controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, were reportedly at the event.
The two assailants are still at large, according to Danish media. TV 2 reports that the two spoke Danish and were dressed in dark clothes. They reportedly fled the crime scene in a dark Volkswagen Polo.
FOX will cover it on Monday.
Just a bunch of Amish guys looking to kill some Danes.
Damned crazy Hutterites.
Beat me by a couple of minutes. I gotta learn to type faster.
During his talk, he actually described-with accompanying visual aids-some of the previous attempts on his life by European jihadists.
Danged Amish, they are really gettin’ out of hand...
Tea Partier. had to be. Brian Williams is on the scene!
A VW Polo? I wish this would have happened when those jihadis started their car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnL-7x4n4d8
Wow... someone invented a gun that shoots bullet holes.
Folks shooting other folks. Random stuff happens.
The wonders of technology.
Another isolated event.
Three police injured.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-02-14/three-police-injured-during-copenhagen-shooting/
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