Copenhagen shooting: police say no indication of terrorism motive

Gunman acted alone and appears to have selected his victims at random, officials in Denmark say

Danish police believe a shooting at a shopping centre that left three people dead and four others seriously wounded was not terror-related. They said on Monday that the gunman acted alone and appeared to have selected his victims at random.

Copenhagen’s chief police inspector, Søren Thomassen, said the victims – a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, both Danes, and a 47-year-old Russian man – were killed when the gunman opened fire on Sunday afternoon in the Field’s shopping mall, one of Scandinavia’s biggest.

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