An armed policeman secures the areanear the cafe where a meeting organised by Swedish artist Lars Vilks was attacked. Viks has faced numerous threats for publishing drawings depicting the Prophet Muhammad in 2007. Photograph: Mathias Oegendal\/Epa <\/p>\n
Bullet holes can be seen in the window and door of Krudttonden cafe after shots were fired during a discussion meeting about art, blasphemy and free speech in Copenhagen. Photograph: Epa <\/p>\n
Forensic police officers work at the area around a cultural centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, where unidentified gunmen killed at least one person and wounded several police officers after opening fire. Photograph: Claus Bjorn Larsen\/AFP\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
A major manhunt is under way for a gunman who opened fire on a freedom-of-speech event in Copenhagen, leaving a 40 year-old man dead and three police officers injured. <\/p>\n
The gunman opened fire at the Krudttonden cafe, killing the man, during an event featuring Swedish cartoonist and historian Lars Vilks, who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog in 2007. <\/p>\n
Danish police, who initially said they were searching for two suspects, issued a photograph of the main suspect this evening, taken on street cameras near to where the getaway car, a VW Polo, was later found dumped. <\/p>\n
Mr Vilks and the French ambassador, who was also attending, were both unharmed. <\/p>\n
The security guards shouted everyone get out and we were being pushed out of the room, Helle Merete Brix, organiser of the event, said by telephone. <\/p>\n
They tried to shoot their way into the conference room, she said. I saw one of them running by, wearing a mask. There was no way to tell his face. Im not even sure if there was one or two. <\/p>\n
French ambassador Francois Zimeray tweeted that he was still alive in the room. <\/p>\n
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