Danish officials warned about gunman

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 17 Februari 2015 | 19.15

17 February 2015 Last updated at 11:47

Denmark's domestic intelligence agency (PET) says it had been warned by prison officials about the man who killed two people in a shootout in Copenhagen.

It says it received a report in September saying the 22-year-old was at risk of being radicalised while serving time for a stabbing.

However, PET said there had been no indication that he was planning an attack.

The gunman was shot dead by police after two attacks in the capital.

Police said previously that the gunman had been "on the radar" of the intelligence services

Danish politicians have called for an investigation into whether police and the intelligence services could have done more to prevent the attacks.

"I assume the government will review this information," Karsten Lauritzen, justice spokesman for the main opposition party Venstre told the Berlingske newspaper.

Omar El-Hussein: From criminal to radical
  • Of Palestinian descent, parents settled in Denmark before he was born
  • As a youth took up kickboxing and smoked cannabis
  • Appears to have been a criminal rather than a radical in his late teens
  • Jailed for two years for a 2013 stabbing
  • Aged 22 when shot dead by police in Copenhagen

Omar El-Hussein: homegrown radical

Police are still not naming the gunman, but local media have named him as Omar El-Hussein.

Two men were charged on Monday with providing and disposing of the weapon used in the attacks and helping the gunman to hide.

However, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the attacker did not appear to be part of a wider terror cell.

On Monday, tens of thousands gathered in towns and cities across Denmark to commemorate the victims of the attacks.

Omar El-Hussein was released from prison two weeks before the attacks after serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm.

Danish intelligence chief Jens Madsen acknowledged that El-Hussein had been "on the radar" of his services.

Mr Madsen said investigators were working on the theory that he could have been inspired by the shootings in Paris last month.

Who were the victims?

Finn Noergaard, 55, was struck in the chest by a bullet at the free speech debate. The documentary film-maker had a keen interest in the problems faced by the offspring of migrant communities.

His friend Malene Trock told Berlinske daily he was "open-minded" and "cosmopolitan". Producer Torben Larsen is quoted by the AP news agency as saying Mr Noergaard was "a very generous and warm person".

Dan Uzan, 37, was shot dead while standing guard at a Copenhagen synagogue.

He had studied at the city's university and was a keen basketball player, active in a local team. Denmark's chief rabbi, Jair Melchior, said Mr Uzan was an "amazing guy - irreplaceable".

Copenhagen attacks
  • Saturday afternoon: gunman attacks free speech debate hosted by controversial cartoonist Lars Vilks
  • One man killed, three police injured
  • Gunman flees by car - suspected vehicle later found abandoned
  • Gunman calls taxi to take him to address in Norrebro district
  • Police use information from taxi driver to identify address and release CCTV images
  • After midnight on Sunday: gunman opens fire outside a Copenhagen synagogue, killing a Jewish man and wounding two police
  • 03:50 GMT Sunday: Police keeping Norrebro address under observation come under fire from a man
  • They fire back, shooting him dead
  • Police arrest two men on Sunday and later charge them with helping the gunman

Why Denmark was steeled for attack

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