Heavily armed Danish police arrived on the scene and officers were searching the area with sniffer dogs.
The suspect in Saturday’s attack has been named as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, a senior member of the Danish government said.
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Vilks, known for his controversial depictions of the Prophet Mohammed, is on an al Qaeda hit list. He declined to specify when he first went into hiding and said he is not afraid.
CNN’s Karl Penhaul reported from Copenhagen, while Ralph Ellis wrote in Atlanta and Laura Smith-Spark in London.
