People leaving Field's shopping centre as armed police surround the areaImage caption: People leaving Field's shopping centre as armed police surround the area
Eyewitness Rikke Levandovski told Danish broadcaster TV2 that she threw herself behind a counter inside one of the stores in the shopping mall after hearing gunshots.
"People first thought it was a thief, then I suddenly
hear shots and threw myself behind the counter inside the
store," Rikke said.
"He was just shooting into the crowd, not up in ceiling or
into the floor," she added.
Psychological support for children at nearby Styles concert - police
Parents with children attending the now-cancelled Harry Styles concert near to the deadly attack at the shopping mall are being told by police they can pick up their children at Kronen Vanløse.
17,000 nearby concert-goers ushered towards metro station
Jessica Lawrence
BBC News NI, in Copenhagen
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Near to the shopping mall where the deadly attack took place, thousands
of concert-goers were inside Copenhagen’s Royal Arena waiting for Harry Styles to take
to the stage when news of the fatal shooting broke.
At
20:00 local time, fans were told the concert would be postponed for an hour,
following discussions between the organisers and police.
But
90 minutes later the crowd of 17,000 were told the gig had been cancelled due
to “safety concerns”.
Crew
have begun packing away the stage.
Police are directing concert-goers towards the metro and public transport - which remains open.
Nearby car parks are closed and the hotels in the area are also
unable to be accessed by patrons.
Where was the mall attack?
EPACopyright: EPA
Copenhagen police were called to reports of a shooting at Field's mall in the Danish capital late on Sunday afternoon.
The shopping centre - 5km (3 miles) south of downtown Copenhagen - is a huge multi-storey mall with shops, parking and restaurants.
Buster Emil Kirchner, a freelance journalist in Copenhagen, says it's one of the biggest shopping malls in the country.
"It is typically where families would go, all sorts of people would go to do shopping. The area is very accessible via the metro," he tells the BBC.
Harry styles concert nearby cancelled
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Harry Styles said he and is team were praying for "everyone involved" in the shootingImage caption: Harry Styles said he and is team were praying for "everyone involved" in the shooting
British singer Harry Styles had been due to perform at a venue less than a mile from the scene of the shooting later this evening.
Shortly after the shooting the organiser announced the event, at the Royal Arena venue, would "proceed as planned," but later announced its cancellation, AFP news agency is reporting.
"My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked," Styles, the former One Direction star, said in a Snapchat post.
Copenhagen's hospital calls in extra staff as it receives first patients
Copenhagen's main hospital, Rigshospitalet, has received a
"small group of patients" for treatment, a spokesman tells the news agency Reuters.
They say the hospital has called in extra staff, including surgeons and nurses.
It's still unclear how many casualties there are, but police said "several" were injured and several dead.
'We heard 10 gunshots' - eyewitness
One eyewitness to the attack, Isabella, told Danish broadcaster DR: "I heard 10 shots, and we ran as far as we could to take refuge in the toilet," AFP reported.
She said she had hidden in the shopping mall for two hours.
Thea Schmidt, who was also at the mall at the time of the incident, said there was a rush of more than 100 people towards the exit when the shots were fired.
Speaking to TV2, she said: "We could see that many people suddenly ran towards the exit and then we heard a bang.
"Then we ran out of Field's too."
ReutersCopyright: Reuters
People running out of Field's shopping mall in CopenhagenImage caption: People running out of Field's shopping mall in Copenhagen
Several dead but too early to give numbers - police
ReutersCopyright: Reuters
We’ve just been hearing from Copenhagen police chief Soeren Thomassen, who has been giving an update on the attack.
"There are several injured, and what we also know now is that there are several dead,” he told reporters.
But he said it’s too early to say exactly how many people had been harmed.
There was no indication other shooters were involved, he said.
What we know so far
ReutersCopyright: Reuters
Here's what we know so far:
Several people have been killed in the shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen in Denmark, police say
They were called to Field’s mall in the capital late on Sunday afternoon
The number of casualties is unclear
A 22-year-old ethnic Dane has been arrested in connection with the attack
Police say the motive was unclear, but they could not rule out an “act of terrorism”
Welcome
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Police in Copenhagen say several people have been killed in the shooting.
Plenty is still unclear, but stick with us and we’ll bring you live updates as and when we get them.
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Eyewitness: 'I threw myself behind the counter'
Eyewitness Rikke Levandovski told Danish broadcaster TV2 that she threw herself behind a counter inside one of the stores in the shopping mall after hearing gunshots.
"People first thought it was a thief, then I suddenly hear shots and threw myself behind the counter inside the store," Rikke said.
"He was just shooting into the crowd, not up in ceiling or into the floor," she added.
Psychological support for children at nearby Styles concert - police
Parents with children attending the now-cancelled Harry Styles concert near to the deadly attack at the shopping mall are being told by police they can pick up their children at Kronen Vanløse.
There will also be the opportunity for psychological help, they said in a tweet (in Danish).
17,000 nearby concert-goers ushered towards metro station
Jessica Lawrence
BBC News NI, in Copenhagen
Near to the shopping mall where the deadly attack took place, thousands of concert-goers were inside Copenhagen’s Royal Arena waiting for Harry Styles to take to the stage when news of the fatal shooting broke.
At 20:00 local time, fans were told the concert would be postponed for an hour, following discussions between the organisers and police.
But 90 minutes later the crowd of 17,000 were told the gig had been cancelled due to “safety concerns”.
Crew have begun packing away the stage.
Police are directing concert-goers towards the metro and public transport - which remains open.
Nearby car parks are closed and the hotels in the area are also unable to be accessed by patrons.
Where was the mall attack?
Copenhagen police were called to reports of a shooting at Field's mall in the Danish capital late on Sunday afternoon.
The shopping centre - 5km (3 miles) south of downtown Copenhagen - is a huge multi-storey mall with shops, parking and restaurants.
Buster Emil Kirchner, a freelance journalist in Copenhagen, says it's one of the biggest shopping malls in the country.
"It is typically where families would go, all sorts of people would go to do shopping. The area is very accessible via the metro," he tells the BBC.
Harry styles concert nearby cancelled
British singer Harry Styles had been due to perform at a venue less than a mile from the scene of the shooting later this evening.
Shortly after the shooting the organiser announced the event, at the Royal Arena venue, would "proceed as planned," but later announced its cancellation, AFP news agency is reporting.
"My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked," Styles, the former One Direction star, said in a Snapchat post.
Copenhagen's hospital calls in extra staff as it receives first patients
Copenhagen's main hospital, Rigshospitalet, has received a "small group of patients" for treatment, a spokesman tells the news agency Reuters.
They say the hospital has called in extra staff, including surgeons and nurses.
It's still unclear how many casualties there are, but police said "several" were injured and several dead.
'We heard 10 gunshots' - eyewitness
One eyewitness to the attack, Isabella, told Danish broadcaster DR: "I heard 10 shots, and we ran as far as we could to take refuge in the toilet," AFP reported.
She said she had hidden in the shopping mall for two hours.
Thea Schmidt, who was also at the mall at the time of the incident, said there was a rush of more than 100 people towards the exit when the shots were fired.
Speaking to TV2, she said: "We could see that many people suddenly ran towards the exit and then we heard a bang.
"Then we ran out of Field's too."
Several dead but too early to give numbers - police
We’ve just been hearing from Copenhagen police chief Soeren Thomassen, who has been giving an update on the attack.
"There are several injured, and what we also know now is that there are several dead,” he told reporters.
But he said it’s too early to say exactly how many people had been harmed.
There was no indication other shooters were involved, he said.
What we know so far
Here's what we know so far:
Welcome
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Police in Copenhagen say several people have been killed in the shooting.
Plenty is still unclear, but stick with us and we’ll bring you live updates as and when we get them.