Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen, left, places flowers in front of the memorial plates of Finn Norgaard, the victim of the shooting attacks a year ago at Krudttonden in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. A gunman opened fire Feb. 14, 2015 on a Copenhagen cafe that left one person dead and three police officers wounded during a free speech event. (Lars Krabbe/ POLFOTO via AP) DENMARK OUT
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HELSINKI (AP) - Danes have honored the two victims of attacks by a gunman at a cultural center and synagogue a year ago in the capital, Copenhagen, with flowers, speeches and a torchlight parade.
Before addressing a special parliamentary session on Sunday, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen laid flowers in memory of filmmaker Finn Noergaard, who was killed at a free speech event, and Dan Uzan, a synagogue security guard.
The gunman, Omar El-Hussein, a 22-year-old Dane with a history of violence and gang connections, wounded five policemen before being killed in a shootout with a SWAT team.
Lokke told reporters that despite threats from extremists, Danes should "insist on continuing their lives."
Later, a torchlight parade was held through the streets of Copenhagen.
Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen, left, place flowers at the memorial plates of Dan Uzan, the victim of the shooting attack in front of the synagogue a year ago, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. A gunman opened fire Feb. 14, 2015 at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing a Danish documentary filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian country's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (Lars Krabbe/ POLFOTO via AP) DENMARK OUT
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Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen, left, place flowers at the memorial plates of Dan Uzan, the victim of the shooting attack in front of the synagogue a year ago, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. A gunman opened fire Feb. 14, 2015 at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing a Danish documentary filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian country's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (Lars Krabbe/ POLFOTO via AP) DENMARK OUT
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Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen, right, place flowers in front of the memorial plates of Finn Norgaard, the victim of the shooting attacks a year ago at Krudttonden in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. A gunman opened fire Feb. 14, 2015 on a Copenhagen cafe that left one person dead and three police officers wounded during a free speech event. (Lars Krabbe/ POLFOTO via AP) DENMARK OUT
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