Finland censures shopping mall shooting in Copenhagen

Finnish leaders strongly condemned the shooting at the Copenhagen mall on Sunday afternoon and expressed profound shock at the human casualties in the attack.

Several people were killed and injured in the shooting attack in a shopping center in Copenhagen in Denmark, and one suspect was arrested, Copenhagen Police said.

President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in separate twitter posts condemned the heinous act immediately after the attack late Sunday night.

They also expressed their empathy to the family members of the victims.

“Deeply shocked and saddened by the news from Copenhagen tonight. My deepest condolences to everyone touched by this terrible crime,” Niinistö wrote in his twitter post.

“Greatly saddened to hear about the shocking act of violence in Copenhagen. Our thoughts are with the victims and their close ones,” Marin wrote in her twitter.

Meanwhile, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a twitter post said that the Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto was shocked of the terrible news from Copenhagen tonight.

“Our thoughts are with the victims and their families,” the twitter post added.