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Scores attend Copenhagen vigil after fatal shootings

Scores of people have attended a candlelit vigil in Copenhagen tonight following the weekend's fatal shootings.

Two men detained on Sunday by police investigating the two fatal shootings in Copenhagen have been charged with aiding the suspected attacker.

The suspected Copenhagen gunman was a 22-year-old Danish man known to authorities for a history of violence and weapon possession, police have said.

Danish media outlets have identified him as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, though police would not confirm the identity.

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Defiant Danes: 'Shootings will not shake us'

Defiant Danes have said the fatal shootings which claimed the lives of two men at the weekend will not shake them.

Thousands turned out for a mass memorial service in Copenhagen tonight with people vowing to "carry on as normal".

However, Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who believes he was the target of an attack at a cafe where he was speaking, said it was unlikely he would ever hold a public meeting again.

ITV News reporter Duncan Golestani reports:

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