gordon corera reports. chaos on a sunday afternoon, as gunfire erupts inside the fields shopping centre, in copenhagen. some shoppers fled the complex, other tried to find cover, desperately seeking hiding places. translation: we were just | about to order food, and then, we heard shooting, two, three, four shots, so i said to my daughter who had taken a seat to lie down, then we ran into a disabled toilet and closed the door. outside, police and emergency services raced to the scene, closing off the shopping centre. members of the public were evacuated. those inside were told to stay and wait for police to come to them, as they secured the building. translation: we can confirm there has been a shooting - with many casualties. we now know there are also several killed. when we arrived there we apprehended a suspect in the immediate vicinity of field s.
police presence, earlier this evening we were hearing lots of helicopters. but central copenhagen is relatively normal. that area wasn t a residential area, but people are being told to avoid it. public transport is now up and running again in that area. people are so shocked running again in that area. people are so shocked by running again in that area. people are so shocked by what s - running again in that area. people l are so shocked by what s happened, certainly in the pictures, we are seeing a lot of the panic and tragedy unfolding there. just give us a sense of how this compares to other events of this sort in copenhagen, in denmark? well, it s very shocking- copenhagen, in denmark? well, it s very shocking- i copenhagen, in denmark? well, it s very shocking. i mean, copenhagen, in denmark? well, it s very shocking. i mean, mass - very shocking. i mean, mass shootings are unheard of in denmark, this is not something that people see happen. so of course, a lot of peop
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and midnight in the danish capital, copenhagen where police say several people have been killed in a shooting incident in a shopping centre. this happened just a few hours ago now. there are also many injured. the mayor of copenhagen says it s a very serious situation, and one person, a danish man, has been arrested. eyewitnesses have spoken of chaotic scenes after the man opened fire inside the fields shopping mall, the country s biggest shopping cnetre. police have not been able to establish the attacker s motives. it s not known whether he was acting alone. there is a heavy police presence across the copenhagen region. our security correspondent
several police and being detained. we are looking at some of the images of what presumably happened just in the aftermath of that attack, obviously people extremely frightened. but now it s gone about midnight where you are, the streets looking very empty. what are police saying in terms of how people should be keeping safe this evening? weill. be keeping safe this evening? well, the did be keeping safe this evening? well, they did close be keeping safe this evening? well, they did close up be keeping safe this evening? well, they did close up and be keeping safe this evening? well, they did close up and seal be keeping safe this evening? -ii they did close up and seal the area around the shopping centre shortly after they got word about that shooting, and helped people exit. public transport was shut down in that vicinity. this shopping centre is located just south of coping the microscope and it sounded by office blocks and that concert hall, the world arena just south of c
damejenny harries also warned the flu season may come earlier in the autumn as well as another covid wave, so certainly rather a cautionary note from her today. after reports of a shooting in copenhagen, police say one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the fields mall. several shots had been fired there in the danish capital copenhagen. dozens of heavily armed officers have been deployed to the shopping centre. they have confirmed one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting, there. more on that as we get it. the government s spending watchdog is to review borisjohnson s pledge to build a0 new hospitals by 2030 to see if it still represents good value for money given spiralling inflation. details of the national audit office review first emerged in a letter to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting. but the department of health and social care insists the plan is on track to deliver a0 new hospitals by 2030.