Several people dead in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting

[demmiblue]

Source: AP

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a Copenhagen shopping mall, one of the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, killing several people and wounding several others on Sunday, police said.

The suspected gunman, who is in custody, is a 22-year-old Danish man who was detained near the Fields shopping mall on the southern outskirts of the capital, said police inspector Søren Thomassen, head of the Copenhagen police operations unit.

“We know that there are several dead” and “several injured,” Thomassen told a news conference, adding that terror can’t be ruled out. “We do not have information that others are involved. This is what we know now.”

He didn’t provide any further details on the victims. The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to Fields, which opened in 2004.

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[VMA131Marine]

1. I'm guessing this will be the act of a neo-Nazi or

white supremacist. It’s absolutely tragic what has happened. I’d also guess that the Danish government will quickly take concrete steps to reduce the chances of this happening again.

[AkFemDem]

3. It may be but

Copenhagen is right next door to Malmo (Sweden) where Islamic fundamentalist terrorism has been an increased problem in recent years.

It won’t shock me if it’s a Nazi or an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist.

[AkFemDem]

7. I just saw a video clip of shooter on twitter

And to my untrained eye (it was taken from some distance away and kind of blurry) he looked like a random white guy.

[Novara]

17. "It won't shock me if it's a Nazi or an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist."

No difference in my mind.

[True Dough]

2. Mass shootings, even individual shootings, are truly unfortunate

But when they happen overseas, it's sure to give "the right" another talking point: "See, mass shootings happen everywhere. It's not guns, it's the people pulling the trigger."

The statistics tell a different story, but they'll latch on to an incident like this to further their argument that nothing needs to change in America.

[IronLionZion]

4. 22-year-old Danish man

if this man turns out to be Islamic, then it's terrorism. If he turns out to be a nazi, then it's mental illness and he's the real victim here of economic anxiety.

[Raven123]

5. What a shame. Tour de France in Denmark today.

[AkFemDem]

8. Harry Styles concert too, right next door to this mall

Twitter says concert goers were already seated and have been told it’s cancelled for obvious reasons.

[Grins]

6. Another American export.

Mass death.

[bullwinkle428]

12. My first reaction - "Our sickness is spreading to the rest of the world."

I know people will immediately reply with, "Europe has been dealing with terrorism forever", which is certainly true, but mass shootings there are only a very recent phenomenon.

[Mr. Evil]

14. You might be on to something.

News is instantly global now and any (seemingly) disenfranchised individual may think that's what they need to do. We have daily doses of it here. So, of course, they can read about them at will and make a terrible decision.

The Sackler family that runs Purdue Pharma was held accountable for the opioid epidemic and have to fork over a $6 Billion settlement. Gun manufacturers do the same thing. They flood the market with guns, not caring where they end up. Violence happens and more people buy guns for protection. A vicious cycle, money is made. Rinse and repeat. Why can't we hold the gun manufacturers to account just like Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers?

Your "first reaction" and "our sickness is spreading to the rest of the world" just might be true.

[Layzeebeaver]

9. I've stayed many weeks at the crown plaza across the rail line

It’s a nice area, Orestad.

Considering my experience working with the Danish, I just don’t fathom it. Terrible. Just terrible.

[Traildogbob]

10. Let's see

If Denmarks response is more guns and one door. Gonna guess they are smarter than USA, USA, USA! If someone there wanted mass carnage the Tour Racers could have been an easy target. The male sickness is world wide.

[dalton99a]

11. Police described shooter as an "ethnic Dane"

Link to tweet

[LudwigPastorius]

13. An Anders Breivick disciple?

This smells of right-wing terrorism.

Just horrible...

[DemocraticPatriot]

15. A mass shooting that did NOT occur in the United States??

That IS news!



Sad, no matter where it happens.

[Recursion]

16. Scandinavia has had a mass shootings problem for a while

I know we say we're the only country this happens in but Norway, Denmark, and Finland have all had problems with this too (but not Sweden, though Sweden does have a disturbing number of grenade attacks). Russia also has a lot of mass shootings. In fact Norway had a mass shootings last week and Russia had a horrific kindergarten mass shooting a earlier this year.

It would be interesting to find out why this happens in some countries but not others.

[TomWilm]

18. The suspect was undergoing psychiatric treatment

... Shortly after the shooting, a series of videos began to flourish on social media of the supposed perpetrator. He is seen posing with a rifle and pistol, which he takes to the temple and into his mouth. The videos have since been removed, but at a press conference, the chief police inspector confirms that it is the suspect who is acting in some of the videos.

The videos were uploaded to Youtube the day before the shooting. The description of the videos stated: "Quetiapine does not work". Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug for the treatment of psychotic conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and major depression. The alleged perpetrator has created a series of playlists with the titles "Feeling Sad", "Killer music" and "Last thing to listen to". ...

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2022-07-04-det-ved-vi-nu-om-den-formodede-gerningsmand

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. The question is: how did he get hold of the guns?

The suspect, who police said was known to psychiatrists in Denmark, was in possession of a rifle, ammunition and a knife when he was arrested.

Danish gun laws are strict and all weapons, with the exception of some hunting rifles, require a licence issued by the police. The type of weapons used by the suspect had been legal, police said, but the shooter did not have a licence to use them.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/four-critically-wounded-three-killed-danish-mall-shooting-sunday-police-says-2022-07-04/

Careless storage by his parents? Some idiot keeping the rifle for him, though they knew he hadn't passed the tests for a licence?

[TomWilm]

21. That kind of specific information might take weeks to be given out ...

... unless there is a public search for them. The suspect is a member of a local rifle shooting club, which may explain why he has access to sharp weapons and associated ammunition. He had a Sauer rifle and a semi-automatic Walther P38 pistol.

[True Dough]

19. And here's the dummy mouthpiece, right on cue...

See post #2 in this thread!

Link to tweet