By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/1-killed-three-policemen-wounded-charlie-hebdo-style-attack-denmark Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter One killed, three wounded in Charlie Hebdo-style terror attack in Denmark World Feb 14, 2015 1:15 PM EDT One civilian was killed and three policemen were wounded during a free speech public forum at a Copenhagen cafe in an apparent terror attack on Saturday. Danish police said a 40-year-old man was killed and three police officers wounded when a lone gunman fired some 30 shots through the window of the Krudttoenden cafe that was hosting the event, which was attended by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks. In a statement, Denmark’s PET agency, the country’s security and intelligence service, said the shooting’s circumstances “indicate that we are talking about a terror attack.” Cartoonist #LarsVilks was target of #CopenhagenShooting. He had drawn the prophet as a dog pic.twitter.com/0jSXfIxXn5 — Breaking 3.0 U.S. (@Breaking3zeroUS) February 14, 2015 The unharmed Vilks, who lives under police protection, has faced numerous threats and stoked international controversy for his caricature drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, which resulted in at least one failed attempt by extremists to assassinate him. After initially searching for two suspected gunmen, authorities later said “preliminary interviews indicate there was only one perpetrator” and released a photo of the lone shooting suspect. Photo of 'lone' Copenhagen shooting suspect released by Danish police http://t.co/dVjFamNgXG pic.twitter.com/BkvX3KtB8t — ITV News (@itvnews) February 14, 2015 Also present at the cafe was France’s Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights Francois Zimeray, who was speaking at the event when the gunfire erupted. In a tweet following the attack, he said he was not hurt. Still alive in the room — Frankrigs ambassadør (@francedk) February 14, 2015 The event was billed as a debate on art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression. Just over a month ago, 17 people were killed in France over three days when two Islamic extremists opened fire at the satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo that had published satirical images of the Prophet Mohammed. By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
One civilian was killed and three policemen were wounded during a free speech public forum at a Copenhagen cafe in an apparent terror attack on Saturday. Danish police said a 40-year-old man was killed and three police officers wounded when a lone gunman fired some 30 shots through the window of the Krudttoenden cafe that was hosting the event, which was attended by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks. In a statement, Denmark’s PET agency, the country’s security and intelligence service, said the shooting’s circumstances “indicate that we are talking about a terror attack.” Cartoonist #LarsVilks was target of #CopenhagenShooting. He had drawn the prophet as a dog pic.twitter.com/0jSXfIxXn5 — Breaking 3.0 U.S. (@Breaking3zeroUS) February 14, 2015 The unharmed Vilks, who lives under police protection, has faced numerous threats and stoked international controversy for his caricature drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, which resulted in at least one failed attempt by extremists to assassinate him. After initially searching for two suspected gunmen, authorities later said “preliminary interviews indicate there was only one perpetrator” and released a photo of the lone shooting suspect. Photo of 'lone' Copenhagen shooting suspect released by Danish police http://t.co/dVjFamNgXG pic.twitter.com/BkvX3KtB8t — ITV News (@itvnews) February 14, 2015 Also present at the cafe was France’s Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights Francois Zimeray, who was speaking at the event when the gunfire erupted. In a tweet following the attack, he said he was not hurt. Still alive in the room — Frankrigs ambassadør (@francedk) February 14, 2015 The event was billed as a debate on art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression. Just over a month ago, 17 people were killed in France over three days when two Islamic extremists opened fire at the satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo that had published satirical images of the Prophet Mohammed.