Earlier today I posted about a breaking news story about a shooting at a debate on free speech in Copenhagen, Denmark that left 1 dead and 3 wounded, with the suspects still at large. Now word is coming of another attack at a synagogue in the same city, with one person shot in the head and two police wounded. (More here, with map.)
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Here's the previous post, along with some additional commentary:
This just popped up on the BBC website a few minutes ago. [See Update below] Very little information available as yet. It was a debate about blasphemy; the French ambassador was reportedly one of the speakers, and a controversial cartoonist was apparently an attendee as well.
Danish police have said three officers were shot and wounded at blasphemy debate in Copenhagen where the French ambassador was speaking.
Two gunmen are said to still be at large.
Reports say up to forty shots were fired outside the venue in the Danish capital.
Here we go again?
UPDATE: Catte Nappe and
inclusiveheart linked to stories at the
Telegraph UK and
Huffington Post which have more detail. The
NY Times has an account as well. There are 3 wounded and 1 dead; the shooter and a driver are still at large.
This is being called a terrorist attack - similarities to the recent attacks in Paris are obvious. It follows two other recent attacks in which religion is apparently a factor, this and this.
The U.S. attacks are more likely to labeled as hate crimes, as the U.S. is apparently not comfortable with the idea that Americans can be considered terrorists. The hit movie American Sniper which is being celebrated as an account of an American Hero is also apparently arousing anti-islamic sentiment.
Further contributing to the problem is the open tolerance of anti-islamic bigotry on the part of a major American political party. The differing reactions to the death of an American aid worker in Syria illustrate the mindset at work. Attempts to discuss the issue of religious intolerance and a long history of same on the part of several faiths did not meet with a warm reception. (Rare exceptions make headlines.)
If the purpose of terrorism is to spread fear, distrust, and generally attack the social order by exacerbating overreaction, then terrorists - of all persuasions - are winning.