Four go on trial for helping Copenhagen attacks gunman
Copenhagen : Four men went on trial in Denmark on Thursday accused of helping the gunman behind twin attacks on a Copenhagen synagogue and a free speech event last year that left two people dead.
The trial, being held under heavy security, comes with Europe still on high alert over fears of jihadist violence following two bloody attacks in Paris in 2015.
Prosecutor Bo Bjerregaard accused the four defendants of trying to "destabilise or destroy Denmark's basic political, constitutional, economic or societal structures".
The killer, 22-year-old Danish-born Omar El-Hussein, opened fire on February 14 last year outside a cultural centre where the speakers included Swedish artist Lars Vilks, a target of Islamic extremists since he portrayed the Prophet Mohammed as a dog in 2007.
A 55-year-old filmmaker, Finn Norgaard, died and three people were injured.
Later that night the Dane of Palestinian origin fired six shots outside the city's main synagogue, killing security guard Dan Uzan, 37, and injuring two other people.
The assailant was shot dead by police hours later.
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