{"id":142791,"date":"2026-08-09T17:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/142791\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T17:11:14","slug":"several-injured-in-shooting-in-denmark-as-police-hunt-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/142791\/","title":{"rendered":"Several injured in shooting in Denmark as police hunt gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Mirror UK;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Mirror UK\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mirror-uk.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Sun, 9 August 2026 at 4:20 pm UTC<img alt=\"Danish police have responded to the incident (file photo)\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2dfb56b7-9be3-47a7-974e-db0433de60ff.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Danish police have responded to the incident (file photo) -Credit:Henning Bagger\/Ritzau Scanpix Fo<\/p>\n<p>Several people have been injured in a town centre shooting, as police hunt for the suspected gunmen. <\/p>\n<p>The attack took place in the Danish town of Holb\u00e6k, local police have said, with several people struck by gunfire. Police received the report around 3:45 pm local time (2:45pm UK time).<\/p>\n<p>There is no information about the condition or number of people wounded, according to local media. Nobody has yet been arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures from the scene show that the police have cordoned off a large area after the shooting. There are also police <a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/teamdogs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dogs<\/a> at the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary police information, they drove from the Agervang neighbourhood, where the shooting took place, in a white car, local news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Danish police have described the incident as a &#8220;settling of scores&#8221;. In a statement on X the force said: &#8220;Police are currently present at several locations in Holb\u00e6k following a shooting where several people have been hit. It is the police&#8217;s assumption that this is a settling of scores in the criminal environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They added: &#8220;Police received a report of the shooting around 3:45 p.m. It occurred in the Agervang residential area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a Breaking News story. You\u2019ll be more likely to see our stories when any big news breaks in future by<a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tk.cmnky.co\/api\/v1\/tracker?cm_session=7d1c895d-3236-4f0c-b2b0-a05260645913&amp;cs=3af4f5d7-79b9-4160-8ef1-c150323bd3f1&amp;i=323844f81d7f3689abbe17a024719d9ed8bf4d372&amp;cls=4a03dee1-164c-48c0-b699-5ed91654e72b&amp;cm_type=link&amp;cm_link=319c3e02-b3d4-488a-9d43-174d4724b990&amp;cm_destination=https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=mirror.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">simply by clicking this link<\/a>. 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