Copenhagen Shootings: How Attacks Unfolded

Police officers are attempting to piece together what led a gunman to open fire in two fatal attacks in the Danish capital.

A massive manhunt was launched in the wake of the shootings, which left two dead and five police officers injured.

By the early hours of Sunday, officers believed they had caught the killer after a suspect was shot dead near a train station.

Here is how the events unfolded:

Police were on high alert after the shootings

:: The first attack happened shortly before 3pm UK time on Saturday when a gunman opened fire outside a cafe where a panel was discussing freedom of speech.

Documentary film maker Finn Noergaard, 55, who was attending the event in the Krudttoenden cultural centre, was killed and three officers were injured after the shooter, armed with an automatic weapon, fired through the windows leaving dozens of bullet holes.

Lars Vilks, who was unharmed, claimed he was the intended target

Among the speakers was Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who has faced death threats for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Mr Vilks, who had bodyguards with him, was reportedly bundled into a cupboard and was not hurt.

He said he believed he was the intended target of the shooting, which happened during a discussion called "Art, blasphemy and freedom of expression".

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has described the assault on the seminar as "a terrorist attack", but little is known about the attacker at this stage.

Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt called it a terrorist attack

Police released CCTV images of a suspect wearing dark clothes and a scarf covering part of his face.

Investigators described him as 25 to 30 years-old with an athletic build, about 6ft tall, and was carrying a black automatic weapon. However, it is not clear if this is the same man who was later shot dead by police.

A car believed to have been used by the attacker was found abandoned.

CCTV images of the suspect were released

:: Shortly after midnight UK time, a second attack happened outside a synagogue in Krystalgade, where a Jewish man was killed after being shot in the head and two police officers were wounded.

Denmark's Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the Jewish victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community. 

He was guarding a building behind the synagogue during a bar mitzvah, or Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, when he was shot in the head. Two police officers who were there were slightly wounded.

The second shooting happened outside a synagogue

:: At around 5am UK time, police said they had shot dead a man near a train station in the Norrebro area of Copenhagen - not far from the site of the two attacks.

Officers said he opened fire on them after they confronted him as he returned to an address they were watching. No police were hurt.

Police at the scene where they killed the suspect

Police said had been "on the radar" of the intelligence services before the shootings.

They believe he was the person responsible for both attacks and they said there was nothing to suggest at present there were others involved.

However, they added there was a large amount of work ahead to determine whether he was acting alone.

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