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Copenhagen, Denmark: Reactions Following Weekend Violence

A nation begins the healing process and looks for answers in the aftermath of a weekend shooting spree.

People in the Danish capital of Copenhagen remain on high alert this week, after an extremist targeted a free speech forum and a religious center. Denmark is located in Northern Europe, with Germany to the south and Sweden and Norway to the north.

Police in the Scandinavian nation were led on a 15 hour chase after a gunman interrupted a free speech discussion held by a controversial Swedish cartoonist. Before police caught up with the 22-year-old suspect, he opened fire on a synagogue. Between the two incidents, two people died and five were wounded.

Denmark's prime minister described the event as a terrorist attack. This comes just a month after a shooting spree in Paris that targeted the magazine Charlie Hebdo. The recent violence has led many Danish people to reflect on the hard cultural questions in Europe right now.

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