Danish PM calls Copenhagen shooting 'terrorist act'

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Saturday's shooting at a cultural centre in Copenhagen hosting a debate on Islam and free speech was a "terrorist act".

"Denmark has today been hit by a cynical act of violence. Everything leads us to believe that the shooting was a political attack and therefore a terrorist act," she said in a statement.

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