“Cruel, unfair and unreasonable. Tonight, we all mourn,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a huge crowd outside the Field shopping complex where the attack took place on Tuesday. Fredericksen called for unity in the face of tragedy. A boy and a girl, both aged 17, and a 47-year-old Russian man living in Denmark were killed and at least four people were injured when a gunman opened fire in Copenhagen’s busy shopping center on Sunday. The late afternoon shooting shocked the city, which had just hosted the opening stages of the Tour de France cycling competition and seen the return of the Roskilde music festival after cancellations due to Covid-19. ‘Tonight, we all mourn’: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks at the service. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images “It’s not hard to imagine, ‘what if it was my child?’ – I am a mother of two teenagers,” said Copenhagen Mayor Sophie Andersen during a speech, which was followed by a minute’s silence. “Children and young people should not die. They should be immortal,” Andersen added. The Crown Prince of Denmark, Prince Frederik, also attended the service, where the speeches were interspersed with musical performances. “We are together in this difficult time,” Frederick said. The mood was somber, with some crying among the many families and young people gathered. People comfort each other at the memorial service. Photo: Sergei Grits/AP “I’m quite ambivalent. Of course, it’s nice to see all these people who are here to support the people who have been hurt by this action, but I’m also a little scared,” said Oliver Stoltz, who works at a sporting goods store in the mall. . The 24-year-old was at Field’s – located between the city center and the capital’s airport – when the shooting started and heard the first shots. “This was a place where I could go to work, be happy and have a good time. Now I’m afraid to even go out here in this part of town.” The alleged attacker, a 22-year-old Dane who authorities say was known to mental health services, was remanded to a closed psychiatric hospital on Monday on a charge of murder. A woman lays flowers in front of Field’s mall. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Police said Tuesday they had no new information to release about the investigation. The Field shopping center has been closed since the attack and is expected to reopen on July 11. Denmark’s largest cinema chain also kept all its movie theaters closed because the 17-year-old boy killed in the attack was working at the cinema in the mall. Nordisk Film Biografer said on Facebook that the company made the decision out of respect for the victims and to “discuss the situation with our staff.” With Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press
