Danish police on Tuesday searched eight Copenhagen apartments as part of an ongoing investigation into the February 14-15 attacks that left two people dead, including a guard at a synagogue.
“We are still in the process of mapping the movements of the perpetrator and the accomplices and this morning’s raids should be seen in light of this,” police said in a statement.
“We are looking for further clues in the case.”
Some of the apartments were on the inner city neighborhood where 22-year-old gunman Omar El-Hussein grew up, according to tabloid Ekstra Bladet.
Three accomplices have been detained since February 16 for allegedly helping El-Hussein, a Dane of Palestinian origin who was shot dead by police in a pre-dawn shootout following the attacks.
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Armed with an assault rifle, El-Hussein fired 28 bullets at a cultural center hosting a seminar on free speech and Islam, killing a filmmaker.
He later opened fire at a synagogue, killing Dan Uzan, an unarmed Jewish security guard.
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