A TERRORIST lies dead in the street after killing two innocent people — as
Europe braced itself for another attack by Islamic State.
The man, identified as Omar El-Hussein, 22, was killed in Denmark’s capital
Copenhagen after opening fire on police.
Earlier he had shot dead film director Finn Noergaard, 55, and security guard
Dan Uzan, 37.
Mr Noergaard died when Danish-born El-Hussein sprayed 200 bullets at a free
speech event in a cafe at 4pm on Saturday.
Three police were also wounded.
Two men were charged this morning with helping the gunman suspected of
carrying out the horror attacks.
They were detained and questioned by police on Sunday.
Copenhagen police said in a statement: “The two men are charged with helping
the perpetrator with advice and deeds.”
Nine hours later Mr Uzan, a Jewish man, was murdered and two cops injured
while guarding a barmitzvah attended by 80 people in a building linked to
the city’s Great Synagogue.
El-Hussein was finally shot dead by police snipers at 5am yesterday after
leaving Norrebro metro station.
The officers had been waiting for him to turn up at the station.
Danish police revealed El-Hussein was “known by them for several crimes” and
that he was acting as a “lone wolf” in the terror attack.
El-Hussein, who was reportedly released from jail just two weeks ago after
being caged for aggravated assault, was captured on CCTV in November 2013
when he brandished a knife on a packed train after stabbing a 19-year-old.
Last night two other people were dragged from an internet cafe in handcuffs as
police raids took place at more addresses in Copenhagen.
The target of the cafe shooting was said to be Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks,
68, who has faced death threats over his caricatures of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Yesterday he blamed Islamic extremism for the carnage, saying: “What other
motive could there be? It’s possible it was inspired by Charlie Hebdo.”
The threat of further outrages spread to Germany, where a carnival
due to be attended by 200,000 people was axed.
Police in the northern town of Braunschweig said they had intelligence of a
“concrete threat” by Islamic extremists.
— AROUND 400 Jewish graves have been desecrated in an
anti-Semitic attack in eastern France.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it happened at the main Jewish
cemetery in Sarre-Union, Alsace.