LONDON A gunman raked a Copenhagen cafe with dozens of bullets Saturday during a free-speech forum, killing a 40-year-old man and injuring three police officers in an attack that survivors said appeared to have been an attempt to mimic last months massacre at a satirical newspaper in Paris.

The French ambassador to Denmark and a cartoonist previously targeted for depicting the prophet Muhammad were among those taking part in the debate who survived the torrent of gunfire.

Early Sunday, police said that one person was killed and two police officers were wounded in a shooting near a synagogue in downtown Copenhagen, according to the Associated Press. Hours later, police killed a man who shot at them near a train station, the AP said. It was unclear if the man was responsible for either of the attacks and also whether the attack at the synagogue shooting was linked to the attack at the cafe.

Late into the night, police were hunting for a lone gunman who fled in a getaway car and who was described as a male in his late 20s wielding an assault rifle. A photo released by Danish authorities shows him wearing a dark-blue ski jacket with a red woolen cap and a matching scarf covering the lower portion of his face.

Police in Sweden, separated from Copenhagen by a five-mile-long bridge, also joined the search.

One person was killed and three wounded after gunmen shoot at a cafe during meeting attended by controversial cartoonist who received death threats for publishing images of prophet Muhammad. (Reuters)

It was the same intention as Charlie Hebdo, except they didnt manage to get in, the French ambassador, Franois Zimeray, told the news service Agence France-Presse about the attack on the cafe, referring to the Jan. 7 attack in Paris. Intuitively I would say there were at least 50gunshots, and the police here are saying 200. Bullets went through the doors, and everyone threw themselves to the floor.

Denmarks prime minister called the incident a terrorist attack and put the country on high alert Saturday evening.

Political leaders from across Europe condemned the attack at the cafe, with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tweeting, Freedom attacked in #Copenhagen. Solidarity with the Danes.

The attack was likely to add to already deep apprehensions over terrorism that are being felt across Europe as the continent contends with rising radicalism and a flood of homegrown fighters traveling to and from the battlefields of the Middle East.

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Police: 1 dead in shooting at Copenhagen free speech event