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Two linked to gunman in Copenhagen shootings arrested

Xinhua, February 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two men have been arrested for aiding the alleged perpetrator in the weekend's shootings in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, authorities said on Monday.

The men are accused of having helped the gunman "with word and deed" in the attacks at a cultural center and a synagogue, the Copenhagen Police said in a statement on Monday.

The two were arrested on Sunday as police carried out extensive search operations in the Copenhagen area.

Apart from charges of complicity in murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault, the pair are also accused of having violated the weapons section in the Danish Criminal Code by keeping loaded

firearms.

Police believed they had helped the alleged offender to obtain a firearm, and that they must have offered him refuge.

A hearing was held early Monday in the courthouse Dommervagten in Central Copenhagen.

The weekend's two shooting incidents in Copenhagen left two civilians dead and five police officers wounded. The 22-year-old gunman, who was born in Denmark, was shot dead in police operation. Endi