The meeting was organised by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced several death threats for his controversial caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. <\/p>\n
The attack came just over a month after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, in which Islamist terrorists killed 17 people. <\/p>\n
The French ambassador to Denmark, Francois Zimeray, was one of the speakers at the event, which was described by Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Danish prime minister as a terrorist act. <\/p>\n
As many as 200 bullet holes ripped through the window of the Krudttoenden caf and at least two people were taken away on stretchers, including a uniformed police officer. <\/p>\n
The gunmen then fled the area in a dark coloured VW Polo car, according to witnesses. The car was later found in a nearby street but the two gunmen were still at large on Saturday night. <\/p>\n
Helle Merete Brix, one of the organisers of the event called Art, Blasphemy And The Freedom Of Expression confirmed that Vilks was at the event but had not been injured. <\/p>\n
She said: I saw a masked man running past. A couple of police officers were injured. I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks. <\/p>\n
Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, said: I heard someone firing with an automatic weapons and someone shouting. Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie. <\/p>\n
In a statement, Danish police said the victim was a 40-year-old who had been attending the event. He had not been identified last night. <\/p>\n
Blix was ushered away shortly after the attack by one of the Danish police guards that accompanies him whenever he is in the country. <\/p>\n
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