3rd suspect linked to deadly shooting in Copenhagen arrested

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Danish police on Friday arrested a third man suspected of assisting the gunman blamed for deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen earlier this month.arrested

The suspect will on Saturday face a remand custody hearing. Police said prosecutors would seek a closed door hearing.

A court on Thursday extended by four weeks the remand of two men also suspected of aiding the gunman. The two have denied charges of being accessories to murder, attempted murder and violence.

They are accused of acquiring weapons used in the shooting dead of two people, one at a freedom of expression event and another at a synagogue.

Gunman Omar el-Hussein was killed by police outside his apartment building on February 15.
GNA

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