Denmark honors victims of 2015 Copenhagen attacks

Denmark marks a year since a gunman killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard in twin attacks in Copenhagen, honoring the victims under tight security.

Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen leaves flowers outside the cultural center and the synagogue targeted on February 14, 2015 by Omar El-Hussein, a 22-year-old Dane of Palestinian origin.

“The Danes have shown that we insist on living our peaceful life,” Rasmussen tells journalists. “And that is perhaps the most important message we can send here today — that we will never give in, we will never give up.

“We’re in a situation where there is still a serious terror threat against Denmark — that is unchanged. But it is also a situation where we have acted… We have equipped our intelligence service, we have equipped our police.”

— AFP