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Free Speech and Freedom of Speech

freedom of speech: Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt mourned the two people killed and vowed to protect freedom of speech and Denmark Jewish community, according to CTV. A Danish filmmaker was killed in the first attack. Nine hours later, a security guard protecting a bat mitzvah near a synagogue was slain. Five police officers were wounded in the shootings and Denmark -- The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists -- and possibly the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Danish authorities said Sunday. The suspect was killed in a gunbattle with a team early Sunday. He had opened fire Saturday at a cultural centre hosting a seminar on free speech with an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and then later at security forces outside a synagogue, police said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.