A 22-YEAR-OLD with a history of violence has been named by police as the suspect behind the Danish shooting rampage that left two dead and several more wounded.

CARNAGE: The terrorist's shooting spree began after an attack on a cafe hosting a free speech event [REUTERS]

Omar El-Hussein had a criminal record which included convictions for weapon offences.

He was gunned down by police close to a Copenhagen train station in the early hours of Sunday morning after he opened fire on them.

Police believe he was responsible for attacks on a cafe and a deadly assault on a synagogue.

His killing spree is believed to have been inspired by the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in France last month.

Danish investigators currently do not suspect El-Hussein had visited any overseas jihadist training camps.

Investigator Joergen Skov said no one else was involved in the two attacks in which one man was shot in the head near a synagogue and another killed at a freedom of speech event.

TRIBUTE: Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt places flowers in front of the synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen [REUTERS]

SUSPECT: Omar El-Hussein has been named as the suspect behind the shootings [TWITTER]

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