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Danish IS 'sympathiser' arrested over drug raid shoot-out

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Last Updated : Sep 01 2016 | 11:57 PM IST
A Danish man with alleged ties to terrorist groups was charged today with attempted murder after shooting at police conducting a drug raid in Copenhagen, seriously injuring one of them.
"He apparently has ties to (militant Islamist group) Millatu Ibrahim and sympathies for IS," police said in a statement of the 25-year-old man, referring to the Islamic State group.
Saying the man was a Danish citizen who had come to the country from Bosnia when he was four years old, police said there was "currently no evidence that (his alleged IS sympathies) has influenced the shooting incidents."
Local media named the man as Mesa Hodzic.
During yesterday's shoot-out in Christiania, a self-governing commune in the capital with a long history of openly trading drugs, another police officer and a civilian were shot in the leg.
After fleeing the scene the man was arrested early today in a suburban area near Copenhagen's airport.
He was unable to appear in court because of gunshot injuries sustained during his arrest.
In addition to three counts of attempted murder, he faces preliminary charges of possessing a firearm and trafficking 48 kilos of cannabis, 2.7 kilos of skunk - a powerful type of marijuana - and over 1,800 joints, according to Danish news agency Ritzau.

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First Published: Sep 01 2016 | 11:57 PM IST

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