UK’s Cameron condemns Denmark shootings

British Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the shootings in Copenhagen, which left two people dead, as an “appalling attack on free speech and religious freedom.”

Cameron says the two victims were “murdered simply for their beliefs.

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on 3, September 2014, after chairing an emergency meeting following the execution of a second US journalist by Islamist fighters in Iraq and the threat that a British hostage will be next. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)
British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, on September 3, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ Justin Tallis)

“Denmark and Britain are both successful multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracies and we must never allow those values to be damaged by acts of violence like this,” he adds.

“We offer our full support for the Danish government and Danish people as they deal with these terrible incidents.”

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