Denmark arrests 2 in connection with Copenhagen terrorist attacks

Flowers in Denmark memorialize a weekend of terrorism
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Danish police said Monday they have arrested two people suspected of aiding the 22-year-old responsible for the weekend murders of a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard, in a spate of terrorist attacks around Copenhagen. Previously, Danish police said they believed the gunman, killed Sunday in a shootout with police, had been working alone.

A lawyer for the two unidentified suspects denied in court on Monday that his clients had sheltered the gunman or helped him get rid of a weapon. For now, the men are being held for 10 days. The assailant, identified in Danish media as Danish-born Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein, reportedly killed documentary filmmaker Finn Noergaard, 55, at a free-speech event in a cafe, and Dan Uzan, 37, outside Copenhagen's main synagogue. —Peter Weber

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Peter Weber

Peter Weber is a senior editor at TheWeek.com, and has handled the editorial night shift since the website launched in 2008. A graduate of Northwestern University, Peter has worked at Facts on File and The New York Times Magazine. He speaks Spanish and Italian and plays bass and rhythm cello in an Austin rock band. Follow him on Twitter.