about 50 people had gathered for sort of a freedom of expression forum that was being hosted by lars vilkse cartoonist who in 2007 depicted the prophet mohamed as a dog. there was tight security. people had to come in and out of the venue through sort of an airport style security screening detector. there was -- there were bodyguards there for the cartoonist, there was a concern because there had been threats already made against his life. then the gunman. the police say he had a small automatic weapon opened fire from outside and tried to get inside. the bodyguards returned fire, three injured and not seriously, returning fire. the gunman ran away and hijacked a car and dumped the car and fled possibly into the train network. then he goes to the synagogue and shoots a man who is believed to have been a young man who is believed to have been on guard duty outside the synagogue, as well as two police officers there. the two officers injured. the young man killed. then as this is happening, the police have also seen and released this photo image of the man they believe is the attacker and th

the cartoonists lars vilks was not hurt. he had been under police protection since publishing cartoons of the prophet mohammed in 2010. >> bullet holes in the glass after an afternoon of free speech turn violent. >> this has been a tragic event. at 3:33 p.m. two heavily armed men attacked the center. >> guests and sweets saying they were under fire. they would spray the cafe with shots when they couldn't get in. cartoonists lars vilks, who stirred controversy with his caricatures of the prophet prophet muhammad, survived the attack. some call the shooting an attempt on his life. he already lives under constant police protection. others at the event said that they through themselves on the floor as bullets came through the windows. >> the gunmen are known to be gainish danish speaking and drove off in a danish car. many wonder if they'll strike again. >> the place where the attack took place is in northern copenhagen. it's a venue known for live music, in particular jazz concerts. this also hold high profile talks and debates

in this case this lars vilks had protection. are we just seeing more episodes in the days weeks, and months to come? >> yeah jim, unfortunately, it is, it will continue and we'll see other attacks throughout europe and i think, you know as folks back here in homeland security they anticipate attacks back here in the united states. it's something to watch for, and it's something to figure out especially countering their propaganda to bring down their recruiting base along europe and we -- that's why i think we're hurting now. how do we counter propaganda to help recruitment? >> all right, well jenmen thank you for the for the time and laying that out there for us just another reminder that free speech is under attack around the world by these jihadist, and thank you for putting it in perspective for us. thank you for the time. don't miss tonight, nic and paul in a special report, "double agent: inside al qaeda for the kri cia," a man who embraced islam before becoming a double agent for the cia airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern h

the possible target of the attack cartoonist lars vilks.efore for his portrayals of the prophet mohammed. we'll have the latest on that developing story in just a moment. >>> but first, this is the hour the people of ukraine have been waiting for. a cease-fire is now in effect between pro-russian separatists and ukraine's military forces. but will it hold? that is the question right now. president obama called ukraine's president today to stress the need for all sides to honor this agreement. the two men agreed to stay in close contact in the days ahead. we have reporters all around the zones of this conflict. cnn's nick paton walsh is in donetsk, ukraine, seeing if some of today's worst shelling. we've heard some of that shelling during his live reports this afternoon. frederik pleitken in maripol and matthew chance in moscow. nick when we first talked to you earlier this afternoon and throughout the afternoon we heard explosions over your shoulder. what's happening right now? >> reporter: well it's just turned midnight. and if i pause --

the possible target of that attack was lars vilks.d death threats for his portrayal of the prophet mohammed. here are pictures of the gunman from earlier i understand on the phone we have our cnn producer in copenhagen. is there any new information you can relay to us about whether it is connected to the first one? >> still no news, i'm afraid. i think we will just have to wait and see what happens. we knew that three people have been shot, one person hit by shots to the head and two offices were hit in the arm and the leg. and that was the second shooter. and again, there is no confirmed relation to the synagogue or to the first shooting, but obviously it is suspicious, and it is quite a big incident here. >> absolutely. denmark, copenhagen, they're just not used to seeing this kind of a thing. we have pictures coming in, it looks like a police scene. there is a lot of activity on the ground. i think this other video is very interesting. it is shot from a overhead birdseye angle. you see that they appear to be police officers address

organized by the lars vilks committee. few years ago after drawing the prophet mohamed. today's discussion in denmark was titled art blasphemy and freedom of expression. the french ambassador to denmark was also at that event and he had tweeted earlier that he was alive and still in the room. of course we know about an hour and a half ago that entire building was an old theater where this forum was taking place, has been evacuated and many of those attendees continue to be at the police department for continued questioning. and now the french foreign minister is calling this an act of terror. what took place in copenhagen today. it happened just a month or so a little more than a month after the massacre at the paris offices of the satirical offices of "charlie hebdo" after coming under fire of publishing cartoons of the prophet mohamed. joining us with more is nic robertson and on the phone with us is peter bergen who also knows lars vilks. so peter i'll get to you in a moment, but nic if i can go to you first. the allege

it is believed the gunman's primary tart was swedish artist lars vilks. no stranger to threats, he has survived two previous attempts on his life for his controversial cartoons. al qaeda even put him on their most wanted poster in 2007. since then he travels with bodyguards. he just spoke with cnn about the deadly attack that almost took his life. >> i've been having the problem since 2007 and i've been to several instance. this one was the worst, because i've never been to shots before. i have to say, the protection was, i mean good in one way even if the police protection could have been better they didn't really count on the strength of the terrorist's machine gun. he had equipment which was very surprising for them. they had some difficulty in striking back. >> while lars vilks eskein gunfire, his security detail did not, one of them shot. thank you for being here sir. i appreciate it. >> happy to be here thank you. >> one of bodyguards protecting lars vilks is someone who worked in your security detail when you were in your position there. do you hav

also on the most-wanted list, lars vilks. 2007 the swedish artist sketches drawings depicting the prophetammad as a dog. protests erupt. vilks receives death threats, and an al qaeda affiliate offs up to $150,000 for his assassination. in 2009 a plot is stopped by law enforcement. among the plotters, three americans. one a woman named colleen larose who is dubbed jihad jean. in the attack this weekend in denmark, vilks narrowly escaped death again. escaping unharmed when a gunman opened fire. cnn, new york. >> lars vilks spoke with anderson cooper about the shooting and what his life is like since getting into al qaeda's cross hairs in 2007. >> reporter: what went through your mine when you first hear the gunfire at the forum in copenhagen? did you million think -- did you million know what was happening? >> no no no. it's the kind of thing like bang bang bang bang bang. and what's going on here? is someone having a firework? there was -- i was looking forward to my thinking it was the bodyguard. they reacted quickly. suddenly i was drawn off the seminar table there, and they took me out

lars vilks is happy tore alive today. dly shooting at a forum on freedom of expression. vilks is no stranger to threats. he suffered two threats on his life. al qaeda placed him on their most wanted poster and since then vilks has had to travel with bodyguards and economic his car for bombs. i spoke to him exclusively about the attacks in denmark. do you feel you were the targets perhaps for your depiction of the prophet muhammad back in 2007? >> yeah that's the best candidate we have i would say, because there is hardly anyone else who has kind of the level of threats there. but, of course we cannot be really sure. it's just the best shot we have at least at the moment. >> others died the first person to die in the attacks that began on saturday was a 40-year-old man. did you know him? >> no, i didn't. >> when you were in -- >> it seems that he was a person who passed by. i mean f. those who were in the lecture room they were protected there by the police so this was a passersby who unlickyily happened to be in the wrong

also speaking at the event was a swedish artist lars vilks, the presumed target of the attacks who hasreceived death threats for depicting the head of the prophet mohammad on a dog. vilks was unharmed in the attack, but a danish film director named finn norgaard was shot dead and three police officers injured. >> hours later, the gunman attacked a synagogue, killing a guard outside and injuring another two police officers. the attacks in copenhagen came a month after gunmen attacked the offices of the newspaper charlie hebdo killing 12 people. france's ambassador to denmark francois zimeray was at the cafe when saturday's attack took place. >> i don't know if there are strong words, but this is simply what one feels when you hear bullets and see the impacts. i was very impressed today to be able to calmly see what i went through yesterday in these few seconds. in these moments, you think it is all over. you don't have any feelings. you don't think of anything but try and understand what is happening. what i understood than is the same event was taking place as in paris, and probably if

earlier i spoke exclusively with swedish artist lars vilks, he survived the shooting at that forum that he helped sponsor. vilks drew a picture depicting the prophet mohammad with the body of a dog. al qaeda responded by placing him on their most wanted poster an assassination list. vilks survived two previous attempts on his life, and he travels with body guards and as you can see, he always checks his car for potential bombs. but i asked him if he thought his drawing of the prophet mohammad years ago in 2007 may have contributed to these attacks in denmark. >> that is not the case it's very rare that something becomes so interesting. if one follows the stories of this round about dog thing, he will see that he has to pass many many levels of interest before it actually starts living it own life and become enough known to become a symbol for hatred. at one time you were on an assassination list by al qaeda and other similar groups to your knowledge, are you still on anyone's assassination list? and if so is that why you continued to travel with body guards? >> yeah, i mean why am i suc

also on al qaeda's most wanted list, lars vilks. 2007, the swedish artist sketches a series of drawings the prophet muhammad as a dog. protests erupt. vilks receives death threats and an al qaeda affiliate offers up to $150,000 for his assassination. in 2009, a plot to kill vilks is stopped by law enforcement. among the plotters, three americans, one of them a woman named colleen morose, who is dubbed jihad jane. in the attack this weekend on the free speech forum in copenhagen, denmark, vilks narrowly escaped death again, escaping unharmed when a gunman opened fire. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> and he's now said to be in hiding. by phone now joining us mr. vilks himself on the shooting and what it's like to live the rest of his life as a target. mr. vilks, i know you're in hiding right now. how concerned are you for your safety, the safety of those around you? >> well, i've had bodyguards for a long time, so i trust that they are professionals. i feel very safe. >> so you don't worry about your personal safety? >> no. no i think it's very clear. they're good. i've been around with the

lars vilks, the one who has caricaturized prophet muhammad, organized the meeting. he has advised the attack. some have called the shooting an attempt on his life. he already lives under constant police protection. he said that he and others threw themselves on the floor as bullets came through the window. those who are at large are said to be danish speaking and stormed off in a car. denmark wonders allowed if they'll strike again. >> christina, a local produce center copenhagen. she's on the phone for us at the screen where scene where this has been happening. have you been able to find out any more. >> i have. the car that the gunmen used at the scene has been found but the gunmen are still on the loose. the danish police are on the man hunt and trying to find these gunmen before anything else happens. we're getting more detail from the police about the gunmen, but they're being extremely cautious about what they're saying. they would at the press conference covered at the last hour, they would not give us any kind of details about the appearance of the men. very

the assumed target lars vilks, a controversial cartoonist on al qaeda's most wanted list for satirical drawings of the prophet muhammad. >> they took me and brought me into a storage room. >> reporter: hours later, the suspect attacked a synagogue. the gunman killing 37-year-old dan uzan a guard providing security for a bat mitzvah party. >> we will do everything we can to protect the jewish community in our country. >> reporter: the terror-filled weekend ending sunday outside these apartments. when the police killed the 22-year-old in the third gun battle in less than 24 hours. >> and what more are we learning about the shooter and any possible accomplices? >> there appear to be two accomplices. the police have said all along that he acted alone, but they're actually beginning to piece together some more information. what we have heard from prosecutors this morning, two people police arrested yesterday. prosecutors have charged these two young men arrested yesterday. one 19 years old. one 22 years old. prosecutors say they had a prior agreement with the gunman to hide him out between

this happened during an event organized by the lars vilks committee. be a satire cartoonist who, in the past, has drawn pictures of the prophet mohammed, and his life was threatened over the years. he was at the event, but he was unharmed. >>> a quick check of other stories today. terrifying moments caught on camera in minnesota when a school bus with 11 kids on board lost control. watch this police dash cam video. it shows the bus swerving in traffic there. the bus driver was suffering from a medical condition, and a state trooper was able to use stop sticks to get the bus to stop. none of the children were injured. and the bus driver was treated and released from the hospital yesterday. a close call. the democrat governor is resigning effective next wednesday. he had been facing growing pressure to step down as a criminal investigation opens into his fiance's consulting in policy work. oregon secretary of state, kate brown, will be governor now. and we'll have much more news right after this. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thin

lars vilks has had security measures. newspaper just mentioned in denmark and independent lars lars vilks, himself. >> appears to be what was attacked if you look at the casualties amongst police officers. the victim -- he has gotten away. whether they are plots, where a further person emerged connected to the original attackers and the possibility of a shoot-out, obviously a well-armed person firing at least a magazine into the police officers. a strong shootout somewhere and probably the desire of the attacker to go out in a suicidal act. again as we have seen in previous incidents including boston and including in paris. obviously security forces high alert, very much trying to keep an eye for one individual, very, very difficult in these circumstances. we will be working very hard to look at his network to try to see who he might be connected to, who it might be and really activating every source they have to try to get leads because at the moment they are probably scrambling. >> this is the problem of knowing if this

the cafe was hosting a controversial swedish artist lars vilks. ny followers of islam feel any depiction of the prophet even if respectful insulting and considered blasphemous. one of the events organizers says she thinks vilks was the intended target. he was not hurt. denmark's prime minister condemned the incident and says it's being investigated as a terror attack. >> denmark has been hit by a very serious act of violence tonight. we feel certain now that it is politically motivated attack and there by it is a terrorist attack. >> reporter: the french ambassador to denmark attended the event to speak about last month's terror attack that appeared that the charlie hebdo satirical newspaper in paris. >> our main priority at this stage is to catch the perpetratorsism police say the gunman highjacked a car to get away. police found the car 10 minutes on the outskirts of copenhagen. >> a police officer in bucks county is recovering after investigators say he shot a suspected car thief who tried to run him over. morrisville police chief tells "eyewitn

was it fairly clear to you who these attackers were coming for for this cartoonist this artist lars vilks? >> well, it's because lars was there, there was a lot of security before. there was like a security check system like the one you go through at an airport, and therefore of course we knew that it might be an issue, although nobody of course expected something like this. but when i heard the person yell in what i think was arabic at that point i thought it was probably some terrorist or something who wanted to kill lars. >> and police of course are hoping to find the gunman before he could carry out more attacks like we saw in paris last month. we're getting reaction from washington to that terror attack in denmark. the spokesperson for the national security council states the united states condemns today's deplorable shooting in copenhagen. we offer our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased victim and our thoughts are with those wounded in this attack. we have been in close contact with our danish counterparts and stand ready to lend any assistance necessary to the investigat

the event was organized by cartoonist lars vilks. he has received death threats for portraying the prophet mowmed as -- mohammed as a dog. >> it was a politically motivated attack and there thereby a terrorist attack. lars vilks was not injured. >>> it is montgomery county woman known as jihad jane was convicted of plotting to kill lars vilks because of the drawings that off muslims. "good morning america" will have more on the shooting and the winter weather ahead at 8:00 a.m. >>> applicants have until midnight to sign up for the affordable care act. you don't have to completely the application, but you must start to fill it out by the deadline. federal officials say the technical problem that was interfering with sign you happens has been fix ldz. those who don't have insurance will have financial penalties. >> there's much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. snow and now the winds are picking up. more on it is winter punch being felt across the area. the philadelphia national convention comes to philadelphia in the summe

terrorist attack on that free speech event involving the danish artist -- or the scandinavian artist lars vilks there in denmark. >> -- attack on a place that was guarded as well. the danes were prepared for this. they coordinate closely with the french, the united states, but the problem is these groups are using encrypted communications and global -- mobile wi-fi. what's surprising for me is denmark is not the kind of place where you can easily get a hold of weapons. these people are much better organized than al qaeda was ten years ago using imp rho viced explosives. these people are at war. >> i lost you there, bob. are you still there on the line with us? >> i'm still here. these people are at war. the fact they're using weapons rather than imp rho viced explosives says this has gone beyond al qaeda into something more organized and potentially more dangerous. >> okay. i just want to let our control room know they are interrupting your audio, bob. i cannot hear you anymore. so if they could disconnect that so i can continue to hear you. but, bob, if you stop talking i'm just going to keep

lars vilks? it's so that because lars vilks was there, there was a lot of security before. there was like a security checked in like you go in an airport. and therefore, we knew that it might be an issue, although nobody of course expected something like this. but when i heard the person yell in what i think in arabic at that point i thought that it was probably some terrorist or something who wanted to kill lars vilks. >> terrifying moments there. >>> yeah. now let's return to ukraine and the fragile cease-fire now in place. many expect the hostilities to resume. >> but as nick payton walsh reports, some residents in donetsk are holding out hope for peace. >> reporter: these two have planned this two weeks ago for valentine's day, not knowing a cease-fire was meant to fall on their wedding knight. the shelling has not frozen all life here. it doesn't shake sergei's hand. it goes past he says. there's a serene quiet out here on the ice. and some routines that will never be broken even by that sou

lars vilks was not hurt. and denmark says it is condemning the incident and investigating as a terror attack. >> we have been hit by a serious act of violence tonight. we feel certain now that it is a politically motivated attack. and therefore, it is a terrorist attack. >> the french ambassador to denmark attended the event to talk about last month's terrorist attack that killed 12 at a charlie hebdo newspaper satirical newspaper in paris. >> our main policy at this stage is to catch the perpetrator. >> reporter: police say the gunman hijacked a car to get away. officers found the vehicle 10 minutes away on the outskirts of copenhagen. kris van cleave, cbs news. >> a short time ago in downtown copenhagen, another shooting that injured three people, including two police officers. authorities say it is not clear if the shooting is related to the terror attack. the suspect got away on foot. >>> two people have been arrested, a third suspect is dead, at a valentine's day plot in canada. police say the two men an

founders of the lars vilk committee.ut to introduce another speaker when the gunfire exploded yesterday. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> eerie similarities. >> you heard the audio tape with her about to introduce when the gunfire unfolds. >> you want to think things are moving in the right direction in europe. it's worth noting that free speech is not a reality in europe. they still go to prison for saying unpopular things. not doing things. it's different from the united states. and it's worth remembering the freedom that we have here, i think, and defending. >>> more on the top story. the latest attack in denmark show the jihad message is spreader faster than ever? and how do you stop something like this? >> isis continues to march in iraq with more slashes miles from an air base with 300 u.s. marines. this morning we're learning an bar province could fall into the hands of terrorists. can they be stopped? in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority. we do things diffe

lars vilks, the swedish cartoonist put out a cartoon in 2007 depicting the prophet mohammed as a dog. ever since then he's been on isis and al qaeda target lists. the head of isis back in 2007 aub al-baghdadi, put out a $100,000 bounty if someone were to kill lars vilks with a $50,000 bonus if they were to slit his throat. we've seen similar kind of messages from yemen and the so maully group al shabab. ever since those cartoons first came out in 2005 in denmark in the danish newspaper, there's been a real significant threat in denmark and a string of terror plots against the cartoonist and the newspapers that have published them. but this is the first time that someone has been actually killed in denmark. obviously very worrying development. a lot of worry that those two gunmen are still out there at large and they could strike again. we saw of course with the paris attacks that that played out over a several-day period. these men are armed and dangerous. and they're likely to want to go out in a blaze of glory, jim. >> earlier we heard nick robertson say denmark has the largest numb

right before the show today, i spoke to the controversial swedish artist lars vilks. he survived yesterday's shooting at the cafe when he was attending that forum on art, blasphemy and freedom of expression. he has survived two attempts on his life. al qaeda placed him on their most wanted poster and since then he has traveled with body guards and he checks his car the bombs. i spoke to him exclusively before this show about the attacks in denmark. do you feel you were the target perhaps, for your depiction of the profit mohammad back in 2007? >> yeah that's the best can date we have i would say, because there's hardly anyone else who has that level of threats there. but of course you cannot be really sure. this is the best shot we have, at least at the moment. >> others dayed, the first person to die in the attacks that began on saturday was a 40-year-old man, did you know him? >> no, i didn't. i mean it seems that it was a person who passed by, it was those who were in the lecture room they were protected there by the police. so this was a passer by who unluckily ac

controversial swedish cartoonist lars vilks, who stirred controversy with cashing catures of prophet muhammad is said to have organised the debate. it's reported he and other guests hid in the cold store as police battled the gunman ultimately surviving the attack. some call the shooting an accept on his life. he lives under constant police protection. he and other guests threw themselves on the into to stay alive as bullets come through the window. the french superior minister is said to be on his way to den mate. the prime minister tweeted his support. a man hunt is under way with danish police scouring copenhagen. the prime minister called for unity in the difficult coming days. >>> earlier my colleague talked to a reporter for tv2 in denmark. she was at the seen at the first shooting anita marks. -- christina marker. >> we have a manhunt. police have 125 phone calls from people who may have seen something. some of the tips from the people are good. they have something to watch out for. we have three pictures of a man they are looking for, a man dressed in dark clothes, and carryi

mohammed as a dog. >> lars vilks was not hurt.est there were other gunmen involved. >> the mother who was shot during an parent case of road rage in las vegas has died. she was teaching her 150-year-old daughter how to drive when she had a close call with another driver on the way home. the suspects followed her and her daughter home and opened fire outside the house. police are look, for the suspect and two men seen in the car with him. >> two people were killed in a crash on a snowy chester county road. it happened before 7:00 p.m. on northbound route 100 on north ship road in exton. a minivan carrying 6 people were saturning -- turning right on to north ship road when it was hit by a pick up truck. two teenagers were thrown from the minivan and killed. the driver of the truck was arrested. >> there's a push to restore the little league team that was strip of the title. jesse jackson is fighting to get the championship back to the team. chicago's jackie robinson west team was stripped of its title over allegation also team offic

cnn's atika shubert looks at this artist. >> reporter: when lars vilks spoke at a lecture in to 10 hed at the podium and then there was a brawl. it's an occupational hazard for vil vilk us because of a picture he drew in 2007 of the prophet muhammad as a dog. that landed him with a $100,000 bounty on his head. here's how he explained it in a 2010 interview. >> this should be a small thing. you cannot make exceptions for religions. that's the point. i mean this should be the same rules as we have for the jewish religion or whatsoever that we should make an exception. islam is not more holy than the other ones. >> reporter: but vilks did not start this latest round of controversy. in 2005 published cartoons of the prophet muhammad including a bomb atop the prophet's head. for many muslims, any images of the prophet muhammad is seen as blasphemous and insult the prophet. cnn has decided not to show any of these images. but for vilks and his supporters it's matter of free speech and that's why he was speaking in copenhagen on friday. danish police have shot dead a man suspected of carryin

the shooting happened at an event organized by lars vilks.eats since depicting the prophet mew muhammad as a dog. when necessary denmark he is under police guard. we are told a couple of the police officers injured were those there to protect him. and to talk more about this let's bring in foreign policy inesh tiffin finishinitiative fellow. it happened about 4:00 p.m. local time. that's about three hours ago. but in this sense you have to draw the connection back to the "charlie hebdo" attacks. >> if you draw a cartoon people find offensive, then your life will be at risk. it's very unfortunate but that's the unfortunate reality and i find it somewhat hypocritical. if you lack at papers in the arab world or muslim world you'll find cartoons you could pull out of nazi germany and you don't see jews going around assassinating muslim cartoonists or burning down muslim embassies. >> that hasn't happened lately. >> this is something we have to live with. >> we talked to a reporter in copenhagen. you could hear the shock in his voice, the idea you

when gunshots shattered glass during a free speech debate organized by controversial cartoonist lars vilks. you can here the gunshots approaching. i could hear the shouts. >> reporter: vilks survived but one man died and three others hurt. by nightfall, panic and evacuations as shots rang out again, this time outside a copenhagen synagogue. a 37-year-old jewish man gunned down working security for a bat mitzvah. the gunman ran away but later authorities exchanged fire with him. >> woke up at the shooting and looked out the window and saw a lot of policemen and the guy laying in the street. >> investigators made several arrests, still searching for answers. >> developing news. new video reportedly shows islamic state militants in libya beheading egyptian christian hostages. the 21 hostages were dressed in orange jump suits. the egyptian government says the video is authentic seven-day murrenning period has been declared in the country. >>> midnight is the deadline to sign up for healthcare coverage in california coverage comes through mahdi cal or covered california web site. today a free h

we have more. >> reporter: this is what happened when swedish artist lars vilks spoke at an art and freelecture in 2010. [ screams ] >> reporter: he was punched at the podium amid cry sies that descended into a brawl. an occupational hazard for him. he receives daily death threats and regularly sweeps his car for explosives all because of a picture he drew in 2007 as the prophet muhammad as a dog. that landed him on al qaeda's hit list with $100,000 bount oh his head. here's how he explained it in a 2010 interview -- >> this should be a small thing really. a religion -- you cannot make exceptions for religion. i mean that's the point. i mean this should be -- the same rules as we have for christianity or the jewish religion or whatsoever. that we should make an exception to them. islam is not more holy than the other ones. >> reporter: but vilks did not start the latest round of kefrgz. in 2005 the danish newspaper published cartoons of the prophet muhammad including one with a bomb atop the prophet's head sparking protests from muslim communities across the world. for many muslims, any

the shooter's target may have been this man, lars vilks.der police protection, he has received numerous death threats for depicting the prophet mohammed in a cartoon in 2007. also inside, the french ambassador to denmark. he tweeted he was ok moments after the shooting. >> in those moments, you do start thinking, you cannot say that you just stop thinking, you think about the situation and try to analyze things, how we were living, what happened in paris, and that it is the end. >> fears that the shooting was a copycat terrorist attack in line with last month's charlie hebdo killings that targeted journalists, jews and the police were sadly confirmed nine hours later when at 1:00 in the morning, a jewish volunteer security guard was shot and killed outside a synagogue. three police officers were also wounded, but survived. just before 5:00 a.m., the alleged shooter, a 22-year-old danish man with a history of violence returned to his home where investigators were waiting. he opened fire and was then shot and killed by police. they believe th

they put out a $100,000 bounty on the life of lars vilks with a $50,000 bonus if his throat was slit.y've really been pressing this. ever since charlie hebdo attacks, both isis and their supporters have been calling to avenge the honor of the prophet muhammad as they would put it. >> still waiting for authorities to tell us more and if there's anyone else connected to this as well. paul cruickshank, thank you very much. we'll be back in just a moment. h breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do, sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. and look for the calming scent of new breathe right lavender, in the sleep aisle. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain. the house tried to keep out all the water, but water got inside and ruined everybody's everythings. the house

joining us on the phone from copenhagen swedish cartoonist lars vilks hosting the free speech event whereccurred. lars, you seem confident that you were indeed the target of the attack. when did you know this was trouble and this was focused on you? >> i would just like to correct that i'm not a cartoonist. actually i've never done a cartoon in my whole life. i'm an artist who make drawings and paintings. . that's important. and in copenhagen, you know we have this seminar about art and freedom of speech. we have several of these seminars. they are normally very calm things and more specialized audience, interest in art and culture. you know we've been to this place many times. what happened that day was, we were surprised. unbelievable. when things happen it takes a few moments before you understand that this is real this is real. people are shooting. i mean that's a strange experience. >> you're with the focus, of course, of a failed assassination plot before. this obviously though the worst. how long have you been under police protection? >> about since 2010. >> 2010. and this by far o

targeted in yesterday's attack first angered a lot of people back in 2000 sense because that's when lars vilks depicted the prophet muhammad with a picture of a dog. we want to talk to the person who was with vilks. dennis brink was there. thank you so much for being with us. you are in the cafe. this free speech meeting had just started. talk to me about the moment you heard the shots. what happened? >> yes. well, i guess it was about 1/2 an hour into the meeting when we heard about, i think, 30 shots from the entrance room of the hall next to the meeting room in which we were. it took some seconds before we realized what was actually going on, but then as soon as people realized that, panic broke out and everybody rushed to the doors and i was myself in a small group of five or six people who rushed to one door and just before we opened it we heard shots on the other side in the street. therefore, we didn't dare to go out of the door. we basically most of us stayed in the room just trying to hide between tables and chairs that were turned over. we were lying on the floor simply just hoping f

. >> reporter: the possible target, one of the event organizers lars vilks, sketching a dog as mohammed. last month, "charlie hebdo" was targeted. it printed similar cartoons. >> it's possible this individual was a copycat. knew how to handle a weapon and knew how to kill. we don't know if there are other people behind him. >> reporter: like in paris, the next target was copenhagen's jewish community. a 37-year-old guarding a bar mitzvah celebration was fatally shot. another two police officers wounded. jews here say they will not be frightened. >> i'm born here and i will stay here all of my life. >> our thoughts go to the whole of the jewish community today. they belong in denmark. they are a strong part of our community. >> reporter: israel's prime minister says jews have been murdered again on european soil. israel is your home, he told them. while in france, outside the danish embassy in paris, another vigil was held today. in solidarity. police say their suspect was known to intelligence services, but there's no indication he traveled to iraq or syria to fight as a jihadist as the

his name is lars vilkes.nd in 2007 a l- baghdadi offered a 100,000 reward for his murder? >> well, yes, it was at the time al-qaeda faction and he was targeted and there was a reward on his head and that it never stopped. in the chat rooms and various statements made by jihadi organizations around the world. he was a target because of what he did in their view. what happened in paris, not only jihadi individuals that target him. but possibly individuals may have been selected by a command that isis has in europe that wants the cartoonist to be killed and to claim it and they will number the future at those activities. >> the population of copenhagen, will be 1.2 million approximately and 8000 jewish people in denmark and can most live in copenhagen and the surroundings. and the second shooting happen in the main synagogue in this area roughly two miles away. do you believe that there is possibly a connection between the two? obviously investigators are not making that connection at this point? >> i am not in

artist lars vilks that draw car cat turs of prophet muhammad was at the debate. hours later, shots at a synagogue. >> police arrived with helmets and kalashnikovs. the man was dying on the street on the other side of the pavement. >> the danish prime minister likened it to a terrorist attack. >> denmark has been hit by a severe act of violence. we believe it is a terror attack. we take the situation extremely seriously. we are in a high alarm all over the country. the main priority at this stage is to catch the perpetrators and make sure that we find them as soon as approximately. >>> many including a french diplomat at the cafe are comparing what happened in denmark to a magazine in january. others question whether the danish government was prepared for a similar attack on its soil. >>> let's speak to nick spicer joining us live from copenhagen. as mentioned. there are questions now about whether denmark was prepared for such an attack. we heard from the prime minister an hour or so ago. what is the message. what is being said on the government side? >> well the

. >> reporter: the gunman's possible target, one of the event organizers, swedish cartoonist lars vilks who sketched the prophet muhammad as a dog in 2007. the next target was copenhagen's jewish committee. outside a 30-year-old guarding a bar mitzvah was fatally shot. another two police officers wounded. >> that was keir simmons reporting. >>> an international hacking ring has stolen up to a billion dollars from banks all around the world, according to a new report from a russian cybersecurity firm. most of the targets are believed to have been in the u.s., russia, germany, china and ukraine. more than 100 banks in 30 countries are believed to have been hacked since the end of 2013. they also reportedly programmed atms to dispense money at specific times, even set up fake accounts and transferred money into them. >>> well, live from new york, "saturday night live's" 40th anniversary. the show celebrated with a funny blowout bash on sunday night. >> we'll pay tribute to those "snl" greats who are no longer with us, john belushi, gilda radner, jon lovitz -- >> good evening, i'm jane curt

. >> reporter: the likely target controversial swedish cartoonish lars vilks. hosting a talk with a french ambassador at the french cafe about freedom of speech in the aftermath of the attacks in paris last month. this attack eerily reminiscent of those three days of terror. french satirical "charlie hebdo" team massacred. hostage standoffs followed and in the end 17 were dead. the magazine was on an al qaeda hit list for publishing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. that same motive may have been at work today. vilks has been the target of death threats since 2007 after drawing the prophet muhammad as a dog. but he refused to be silent. >> this will be a small thing really to -- religion. >> reporter: in 2010 vilks was attacked during a speech at a swedish university. that same year his house was fire bombed. and pennsylvania woman colleen larose called her jihad jane online is serving a ten-year sentence for plotting to kill him. vilks escaped uninjured today. and across denmark there is still a massive manhunt for that gunman. and late tonight a second shooti

they were supporters of swedish artist lars vilks. vilks had received death threats from yemen-based militant group for his 2007 cartoons of the prophet muhammad portrayed as a dog. he was not injured. but the gunman killed one participant, and three police officers were also wounded. >> we feel certain now that it is a politically motivated attack. and thereby it is a terrorist attack. we take this situation extremely seriously. >> reporter: eight hours later, another shooting took place in a synagogue about three kilometers away. a family had gathered there for a ceremony at the time. one guard was shot dead. many people in the country are shocked to experience this type of violence again. >> i feel very sad. and not altogether unexpected. one would say it was a matter of time before something like that would happen. >> reporter: in 2005 a local newspaper posted a satirical cartoon of the islamic prophet which led to terror attacks targeting several danish embassies around the world. and the attack last month on the french magazine

the meeting at the copenhagen cafe was being hosted by controversial swedish artist lars vilks who over the years has received numerous death threats for a 2007 caricature of the prophet muhammad. vilks, who was uninjured in the attack, was under danish police protection during his visit. copenhagen police have released these photographs of the gunman believed to be 25-30 years of age. he was armed with an automatic weapon and later fled the scene by car. it's believed he acted alone. denmark's prime minister visited the scene shortly after the attack. >> denmark has been hit by a very serious act of violence tonight. we feel certain now that it is politically motivated attack, and, thereby, it is a terrorist attack. >> reporter: today's shooting is a startling reminder that free speech is still a potentially dangerous activity in parts of europe. debora pat acbs news, johannesburg. >> axelrod: a cease-fire is now in effect in european community, but it is unclear if it will hold or for how long. as ukrainian troops and russian-backed separatists kept battling right up to the midnight d

the host, a controversial swedish artist, lars vilks, who has faced a series of death threats for hisaricatures of the prophet muhammad. vilks has said arguizations have been cautious about inviting him to lecture because of security concerns. france's ambassador to denmark was at the event. he tweeted, "still alive in the room." denmark's prime minister is calling the attack an assassination attempt. it comes five weeks after the attack in paris that killed 12 at the offices of the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo," which also published cartoons mocking muhammad. police say they have found the gunman's getaway car, but they are still looking for the gunman. they say he wore black and spoke danish. they describe him as a young arab-looking man who had his face covered. he was carrying a machine gun. jeffrey kofman, a bbc news london. >>> and now, to the young woman from illinois under arrest tonight, accused of mrofting a valentine's day massacre in canada. police foiled the alleged plan to target a crowded mall. tonight, authorities say she was part of a group of murderous misfits.

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. >> the cafe was playing host to a free speech forum hosted by lars vilks.e's the swedish cartoonist who has received death threats for his portrayal of the prophet mohammed. >>> police foiled a valentine's attack in nova scotia. three people planned to kill as many people as they could before taking their own lives a woman from illinois and a man from nova scotia were both arrested at the halifax airport friday. the third suspect killed himself after police surrounded his halifax home. police say the plot is not linked to terrorism. >>> and a police officer in bucks county is recovering tonight after investigators says he shot a suspected car thief who tried to run him over. morrisville's police chief tells "eyewitness news" news reporter steve patterson this could have all been prevented. >> this has to stop and this is something that's all across the county, it's all across jersey and it puts my officers in danger and i'm really upset about that. >> reporter: morrisville police chief george mcclay isn't talking about the suspect who tried to run over one