Memorial for mall shooting victims held in Copenhagen

As the city continues to deal with the aftermath of the weekend shooting at a mall that claimed the lives of three people, Copenhagen prepared for a memorial service for the victims on Tuesday (July 5).

There will be a massive tribute on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. local time outside Fields, a shopping complex located between the city center and London’s airport, where this assault occurred, as requested by the city’s mayor.

In the wake of the Tour de France’s opening stages and Roskilde’s comeback following cancellations for COVID-19, the city was rocked by the shootings that occurred.

This kind of thing doesn’t happen in Denmark; it happens in the United States, Susanne Bulow, a 65-year-old local resident who lives in the area, told AFP.

Crown Prince Frederik is expected to attend, as are the Prime Minister of Denmark and the Mayor of Copenhagen, both of whom will speak during the event, which is expected to draw “a substantial number of people.”

The victims’ tributes will be accompanied by a choral performance.

Before the start of Tuesday’s fourth stage of the Tour de France in France, riders paused for a moment of silence to honor the victims.

On Monday, a 22-year-old Danish man was held in detention in a “closed psychiatric facility” on murder charges for the suspected perpetrator of the crime.