Finn Nørgaard was killed in an attack in the Danish capital on Saturday.
Danish director-producer Finn Nørgaard has been named as one of the victims of Saturday’s fatal shootings in Copenhagen.
Nørgaard, 55, was attending a debate on “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Speech” in the east of the city when a gunman interrupted the debate and fired dozens of shots.
Nørgaard was reportedly struck in the chest by a bullet.
The gunman, 22-year-old Omar El-Hussein, then travelled to the Copenhagen synagogue where he shot dead Dan Uzan, 37, who was on security duty outside the building.
The gunman fled by car but was traced by police to the city’s Norrebro district. He opened fire when confronted and was fatally shot by officers. Five police officers were wounded in the attacks.
Nørgaard was a film and media graduate from the University of Copenhagen who worked as a producer at Danish public broadcaster Dr during the 1990s.
In 2001, he...
Danish director-producer Finn Nørgaard has been named as one of the victims of Saturday’s fatal shootings in Copenhagen.
Nørgaard, 55, was attending a debate on “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Speech” in the east of the city when a gunman interrupted the debate and fired dozens of shots.
Nørgaard was reportedly struck in the chest by a bullet.
The gunman, 22-year-old Omar El-Hussein, then travelled to the Copenhagen synagogue where he shot dead Dan Uzan, 37, who was on security duty outside the building.
The gunman fled by car but was traced by police to the city’s Norrebro district. He opened fire when confronted and was fatally shot by officers. Five police officers were wounded in the attacks.
Nørgaard was a film and media graduate from the University of Copenhagen who worked as a producer at Danish public broadcaster Dr during the 1990s.
In 2001, he...
- 2/16/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
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