Police Charge Copenhagen Attack Suspects

Police say two men arrested over a deadly shooting in Copenhagen have been charged with aiding the suspected gunman.

It comes as 30,000 people attended a rally in the Danish capital to remember those caught up in the attack, which left two dead and five police officers injured.

A massive manhunt was launched in the wake of the shootings at the weekend.

By the early hours of Sunday officers believed they had caught the killer after the suspect, Omar-el Hussein, 22, was shot dead near a train station. The two men were later arrested nearby.

Reporting from Copenhagen, Sky's Ian Woods said: "We are hearing that police have charged two people that they detained with aiding the man suspected of shooting dead these people in that terrorist attack.

"I'm told one of them was arrested at an internet cafe and the other was arrested five hours earlier in the morning.

"I am told they are being charged in connection with hiding him after the initial gun attack at the cafe in Copenhagen early on Saturday afternoon, and also with supplying the weapon used. They will appear before a judge in a closed court session."

The two suspects cannot be named for legal reasons though Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet is reporting that both suspects are from an immigrant background.

"They are accused of getting rid of one of the firearms and giving him (the gunmen) a place to hide afterwards and they are denying that completely," the lawyer of one of the men, Michael Juul Eriksen said.

The paper added that El Hussein had been released from prison two weeks ago after serving a term for aggravated assault.

The first attack happened shortly before 3pm UK time on Saturday when a gunman opened fire outside a cafe where a panel was discussing freedom of speech.

Documentary film maker Finn Noergaard, 55, who was attending the event in the Krudttoenden cultural centre, was killed and three officers were injured after the shooter, armed with an automatic weapon, fired through the windows.

Shortly after midnight UK time, a second attack happened outside a synagogue in Krystalgade, where a Jewish man was killed after being shot in the head and two police officers were wounded.

Denmark's Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community.

Local media named El-Hussein as the gunman. Police confirmed he was a 22-year-old born and brought up in Denmark and had a history of violent offences and gang involvement.

Police said had been "on the radar" of the intelligence services before the shootings.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said this morning that the threat of militant attacks in the country remained "particularly high" and that exceptional security measures would remain in place as long as needed after the Copenhagen attacks.