Copenhagen mall shooting not likely terror-related, authorities say

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A shooter who killed three individuals when he started shooting in a jam-packed shopping center acted alone and clearly chose his casualties at irregular, Danish police said Monday, everything except precluding that the assault was connected with psychological warfare.

Specialists recorded fundamental charges of homicide and endeavored murder against a 22-year-old Danish man, who will be held for 24 days in a solid emotional wellness office while specialists examine the wrongdoing, investigator Søren Harbo told columnists.

After the care hearing, safeguard legal counselor Luise Høj said she consented to have her client go through a psychological test. She didn't remark on the charges. Police have said the man was known to psychological well-being administrations without explaining.

Police have not recognized a rationale for Sunday's assault inside one of Scandinavia's greatest malls. The suspect, conveying a rifle and blade, was immediately captured, and Copenhagen boss police overseer Søren Thomassen said the man likewise approached another firearm. He said the guns were acquired wrongfully yet gave no further subtleties.

The three killed were a 17-year-old kid and a 17-year-old young lady, the two Danes, and a 47-year-old Russian man, as per Thomassen. Four additional individuals were hospitalized with gunfire wounds and were in basic yet stable condition. On the whole, around two dozen individuals were harmed, most in the terrifying rush after the shots rang out at the Field's mall, on the edges of the Danish capital.

At the point when the court decided that the consultation ought to be held behind closed entryways, the media were conveyed. It wasn't promptly clear the way that the suspect argued. He will stay in guardianship until July 28, police said.

While specialists have said there is no sign that anybody assisted the man, Copenhagen with policing investigator Dannie Rise said the examination would be convoluted.

Pictures from the scene showed individuals running out of the shopping center, where individuals laid blossoms on Monday.

Chassandra Stoltz, an 18-year-old understudy who was en route to a Harry Styles show that was booked for Sunday night close by, portrayed a rush as the shots rang out. From the get-go, she and her sister and father thought it was on the grounds that somebody had spotted Styles — however, she before long understood the frenzy, including a man who got his youngster from a carriage in the disorder.

"Individuals were directing us towards the left sign, and we ran up the rooftop and we were stuck there for some time and afterward individuals were overreacting out of control and individuals were crying," Stoltz said.

The Styles show was dropped because of the shooting.

Sunday's assault came about seven days after a shooting in adjoining Norway, where police said a Norwegian man of Iranian beginning started shooting during an LGBTQ celebration, killing two and injuring more than 20.