The suspect in this weekend’s attacks on a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen had been “on the radar” of the intelligence services and “may have been inspired by the events in Paris some weeks ago,” Denmark’s spy chief Jens Madsen said on Sunday. 

Two civilians were killed and five police officers were wounded in the attacks. The gunman was reportedly shot dead by police on Sunday, following a manhunt.

Al Jazeera America offered the following summary of the events:

Several aspects of the case mirrored last month’s attacks at a satirical newspaper and kosher grocery store in Paris.