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The shooting took place in a shopping center on Amager Island, located between Copenhagen’s city center and the airport. Many visitors ran out in panic after hearing shots, video footage shows. The police are on the scene en masse. “People have been shot at and several people have been hit,” said a police spokesman. According to the Danish broadcaster DR, three people are being treated in the Rigshospitalet hospital.

The police later announced on Twitter that the perpetrator has been arrested. There is no information about his identity yet. Police will hold a press conference at 8:45 p.m.

The Danish newspaper ‘Ekstra Bladet’ spoke to a witness. He suspected that the shooting took place near a restaurant. The newspaper ‘Berlingske’ also spoke to witnesses on the spot. The first shot was said to have been fired at 5:32 p.m. Then everyone started running away. Then the second shot came and everyone started screaming. “A lot of people hid in a staff room at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant,” said one employee. According to the woman, the police arrived 20 to 40 minutes later.

The mayor of Copenhagen, Sophie H. Andersen, is shocked by the events. “It’s terrible. We don’t know yet how many people have been injured or killed, but it is very serious,” Andersen said on Twitter.

The shopping center is just a few hundred meters from the Royal Arena, where British singer-songwriter Harry Styles will give a performance tonight at 9 p.m. Styles is best known as a member of the British/Irish band One Direction and as a solo singer. He responded to the shooting via Snapchat. “My team and I pray for everyone involved in the shooting in the Copenhagen shopping center. I’m in shock,” it sounds. The concert has not been canceled for the time being.

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