COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 31, 2008
Denmark Mall Shooter Wounds Two Israelis
Danish Police Hunt For Gunman; Victims Recently Harassed, News Agency Reports
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Danish police talk during the investigation of a shooting in Rosengaardscentret, a shopping center in Odense, Denmark, 105 miles west of Copenhagen on Dec. 31, 2008. Two people were wounded in the shooting, Danish police say the victims were Israeli. (AP PHOTO)
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The two wounded men are Israelis in their 20s, police spokesman Lars Thede said. He said it was too early to speculate on whether they were targeted because of their nationality.
One of the wounded was shot in the arm and the other in the leg, police said. Their condition is unclear.
The shooting took place at the Rosengaard mall in Odense, 105 miles west of Copenhagen. It occurred around 3:30 p.m., when the mall was filled with people doing last-minute shopping before the New Year's break.
Thede said a video surveillance camera showed a man in his mid-20s pulling out a gun before opening fire.
"We cannot say whether he is Palestinian, Iraqi or where he is from," he said. "It is too early to say whether this has something to do with what happens elsewhere."
Alem Dervisevic, an eyewitness, told TV2 that he thought fireworks were going off when the shooting occurred.
"But then we saw gun rounds on the floor, we saw people running and shouting," Dervisevic told TV2. "I saw blood and a man lying down near Kvickly (supermarket) and ambulance people picking him up."
The men, who were selling hair care products, had been harassed by a group of youths in recent days, Denmark's Ritzau news agency said.
According to the B.T. newspaper's Web site, a man shouted something in another language and opened fire. Another Israeli inside the hairdressing shop threw a chair at the gunman, the newspaper said.
The shooter escaped in a dark vehicle.
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- I''m living in Odense, home to this mall which btw is the biggest in Denmark. I''ve encountered the Israelis shot at. They came over as young and smiling and -as most middle-eastern shopkeepers, a little pushy. Apparently they''ve been harassed by Danes of Arabic origin as was the shooter -now apprehended.
What''s most frightening is not that the Gaza conflict spills over into my country. That was bound to happen since our government chose to engage aggressively in Iraq. The scary part comes when listening to the racist slurry ignorance coming from the man on the street. Denmark needs "change" too. - Reply to this comment
- I''m living in Odense, home to this mall which btw is the biggest in Denmark. I''ve encountered the Israelis shot at. They came over as young and smiling and -as most middle-eastern shopkeepers, a little pushy. Apparently they''ve been harassed by Danes of Arabic origin as was the shooter -now apprehended.
What''s most frightening is not that the Gaza conflict spills over into my country. That was bound to happen since our government chose to engage aggressively in Iraq. The scary part comes when listening to the racist slurry ignorance coming from the man on the street. Denmark needs "change" too. - Reply to this comment
- I''m living in Odense, home to this mall which btw is the biggest in Denmark. I''ve encountered the Israelis shot at. They came over as young and smiling and -as most middle-eastern shopkeepers, a little pushy. Apparently they''ve been harassed by Danes of Arabic origin as was the shooter -now apprehended.
What''s most frightening is not that the Gaza conflict spills over into my country. That was bound to happen since our government chose to engage aggressively in Iraq. The scary part comes when listening to the racist slurry ignorance coming from the man on the street. Denmark needs "change" too. - Reply to this comment
- It''s not a good sign when people get a bad reputation just because of their national origin; But as an American, I can understand why the world hates people (us) who celebrate torture by being complicit in silence and by financing an illegal war.It will take generations to regain our former respect, if ever. If one gets mugged by a person called Aloysius (for example) three times, it''s human nature to avoid anyone by that name.Read between the lines. Deal with it.
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- Do we THINK Israel may be doing something wrong???
Posted by Caligola at 04:14 PM : Dec 31, 2008
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black people countered the same problem....
what do you THINK is wrong? - Reply to this comment
- Do we THINK Israel may be doing something wrong???
Posted by Caligola at 04:14 PM : Dec 31, 2008
Is anybody in the mid east doing anything right? - Reply to this comment
- I''ve seen people harassed, mugged and beaten, but never occurred me to ask for their nationality.
How come we are so sensitive on this????
Do we THINK Israel may be doing something wrong??? - Reply to this comment
