At 17.35 on Sunday, the alarm goes off at the police in Copenhagen. A man has fired several shots inside one of Denmark’s largest shopping centers. Inside that exact shopping center, in a clothing store, Norwegian Sissel is with a friend. She hears the first shot. – Then there are three to four shots in a row. The fourth sounds like it was right outside the store. Denmark’s capital is put on full alert. Heavily uniformed police move out and extra personnel are deployed in the hospitals to take care of the wounded. – Standing completely still for one hour On the phone with the alarm center, Sissel and her friend are told that they must not go out: “There is no control over the situation”, they are told. Sissel and her friend stay in the rehearsal room. – After one hour we heard footsteps outside. We stood completely still. Someone said; “It’s the police. Is there anyone there?”. Charged with murder A day later, a young man with a blue T-shirt walks down the floor in the courtroom in Copenhagen. Wearing handcuffs attached to his waist, he is taken to his lawyer in front of a packed courthouse. Outside, the town hall flags at half mast. Police set up several barricades on Monday morning. Photo: Camilla Svennæs Bergland / news The police are sure that the man is the same as the one who killed three on Sunday. A 47-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. The 22-year-old is calm, and looks around the room when the prosecution and the judge speak. The man is charged with murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of a weapon. He is placed in custody in a closed psychiatric ward. Read also: We know this about the perpetrator Outside the shopping center on Monday, there are heavily armed police. Photo: Camilla Svennæs Bergland / news – Bad feelings On Monday, outside the shopping center, many laid flowers. Sissel, who has lived in Copenhagen for ten years, lays down a white rose. – It brings out strange and bad feelings, she says when asked what it is like to be back one day after they had to hide from the perpetrator until the police found them. She and her friend have received crisis help after the incident, she says. – You always think that it does not happen here, and it does not happen to me. And then you kind of feel like you’m not safe anymore. Some places. Must have tried to contact helpline The Danish citizen who is charged with the shooting uploaded several YouTube videos prior to the shooting. In several of the videos, he points a weapon at his own head. An additional text on one of the videos states that “Quetiapine does not work”. Quetiapine is a medicine used to treat schizophrenia and to treat bipolar disorder. According to sources DR has spoken to, the man has tried to contact a helpline before the shooting. He should not have succeeded in that. Danish media also write that he has a past in psychiatry. Sissel and her friend lay flowers outside the mall. Photo: Camilla Svennæs Bergland / news
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