Copenhagen hit by second blast in four days - police

Published Aug 10, 2019

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Copenhagen - An explosion damaged a police

station in Copenhagen early on Saturday, in the second blast to

hit the Danish capital in four days.

No one was injured in the blast, which happened outside a

station in the Norrebro, just outside the city centre, police

said on Twitter.

On Tuesday, one person was slightly injured in an explosion

outside the Danish Tax Agency's office, in what police said was

a deliberate attack.

Police told Reuters it was too early to say whether the two

blasts were connected, but could not immediately comment

further.

A damaged facade is seen at the Tax Authority building at Oesterbro, where an explosion occurred near Nordhavn Station, in Copenhagen, Denmark, earlier this week. Picture: Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters

Police were searching for a man running from the scene of

the blast, Ekstra Bladet said.

Authorities secure an area outside a local police station, following an explosion in Copenhagen, Denmark. Picture: Ritzau Scanpix/Philip Davali via Reuters

Serious attacks or violence are rare in the small Nordic

country of 5.7 million people that prides itself on a reputation

for safety and social tolerance.

Reuters

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