Update:
One dead at the synagogue.
A shooting near a synagogue in Copenhagen has left one person dead and two injured, hours after a deadly attack at a cafe in the city.
In the second shooting one person died after being shot in the head, and two police officers were wounded. The attacker is believed to have fled.
More on the shootings at the Copenhagen synagogue, because the BBC has updated its report.
The second shooting took place on Krystalgade street.
“We cannot say anything about the condition of the injured yet,” the Danish police were were quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
“The perpetrator fled on foot,” they added.
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Police launched a massive manhunt after the first shooting.
They released photographs showing the alleged attacker apparently wearing a purple balaclava and thick puffer jacket.
The three injured were police officers.
For now, police have not linked the two attacks, the BBC’s Malcolm Brabant reports from Copenhagen.
But he says that the Danish capital has been abuzz with sirens and helicopters, amid fears that other attacks could be imminent.
The police have warned residents that it is not safe to be in the city centre.
It’s fucking unreal.