One Dead After 200 Bullets Are Fired Into Copenhagen Cafe in Failed Charlie Hebdo-Style Attack on Swedish Artist Who Drew the Prophet Mohammed
14th February 2015
One person has died after 200 bullets were fired into a cafe in Copenhagen in an attack on a cartoonist who was accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
A man, aged 40, was killed when two masked gunmen sprayed bullets into the Krudttoenden cafe in the centre of the Danish capital this afternoon.
It is believed the target was Lars Vilks, the controversial Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.
Three police officers were also injured in the attack on the cafe, which was hosting a debate on art and freedom of speech when it was targeted.
Francois Zimeray, the French ambassador to Denmark, was at the meeting and compared the attack to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris last month.