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Accused helpers jailed

Denmark mourns shooting victims

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two men suspected of helping the gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen were jailed for 10 days today as Danes mourned the victims of a shooting spree that authorities said may have been inspired by last month’s terror attacks in Paris.

They were accused of helping the gunman evade authorities and get rid of a weapon during the manhunt that ended early Sunday when the attacker was killed in a shootout with police, said Michael Juul Eriksen, the defense attorney for one of the two suspects.

Prosecutors had asked a judge to place them in four weeks of solitary confinement and the relatively short period of detention suggests the case against the men is “thin,” added Juul Eriksen’s assistant, Anders Rohde.

Rohde was speaking to reporters after a four-hour custody hearing held behind closed doors for the men, who were not named.

Two people were killed in the weekend attacks, including a Danish filmmaker attending a free speech event and a Jewish security guard shot in the head outside a synagogue in Copenhagen. Five police officers were wounded in the attacks. Police said today they are in good condition.

Authorities have not identified the gunman, but have described him as a 22-year-old Dane with a history of violence and gang connections.

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