Shots fired at Danish free speech event, one killed, three police officers wounded – Sat, 14 Feb 2015 PST

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cafe, killing one man in what authorities called a likely terror attack during a free speech event organized by an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The shooting, which also wounded three police officers, came a month after extremists killed 12 people at a satirical newspaper in Paris that had also sparked Muslim outrage with its depictions of Muhammad. Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has been repeatedly threatened after depicting Muhammad as a dog in 2007, organized and attended Saturdays event but was not hit by

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cafe, killing one man in what authorities called a likely terror attack during a free speech event organized by an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

The shooting, which also wounded three police officers, came a month after extremists killed 12 people at a satirical newspaper in Paris that had also sparked Muslim outrage with its depictions of Muhammad.

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has been repeatedly threatened after depicting Muhammad as a dog in 2007, organized and attended Saturdays event but was not hit by gunfire, police said.

I saw a masked man running past, said Helle Merete Brix, one of the events organizers. I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks.

She and Vilks were quickly ushered away by the security detail that accompanies the artist whenever he is in Denmark.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shooting, which took place shortly before 4 p.m. (1500 GMT, 10 a.m. EST). Denmarks security service, PET, said the circumstances surrounding the shooting indicate that we are talking about a terror attack.

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