Danish police

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by Danish police on Wednesday morning in Copenhagen during a pro-Palestine protest, as reported by Politico. Thunberg shared a video on Instagram showing the police entering the University of Copenhagen's administration building, where she and others were protesting.

Danish police arrested activist Greta Thunberg today in Copenhagen during a protest against the Gaza war, according to a spokesperson for the student group that organized the demonstration.

Danish police announced that several people were shot and that one person was arrested in Copenhagen, while the mayor of the Danish capital assessed the situation as "very serious".
The police say that a 22-year-old Dane was arrested and that there are currently no indications that the detainee acted in cooperation with another person.

Danish police said on Twitter that a 17-year-old Bulgarian citizen had died in a shootout in a Copenhagen district.

According to police, the boy was accidentally killed in a showdown between Kurdish gangs.

His family in Bulgaria was informed about the tragic incident.

The young Bulgarian arrived in the Scandinavian country earlier this year, Nova TV reported.

Danish police were investigating a plane at Copenhagen airport due to depart for Istanbul, in response to a threat against aircraft of Turkish airline Atlasglobal in Europe, the airport said on Monday.

Danish police on Wednesday identified a headless female torso found in the Copenhagen waterside as that of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who police believe was killed on a home-made submarine, The Independent reports. 

"DNA match between torso and Kim Wall," the police said on Twitter, declining to comment further until a press briefing later at wednesday.

Danish police said on Sunday they had found nobody in the wreck of a submarine owned by an inventor charged with the manslaughter of a woman who had been on board – but added the vessel seemed to have been deliberately sunk.

Danish police captured but then released on June 29 a suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who is accused of providing the weapon Abdulkadir Masharipov used to kill 39 people at Istanbul's Reina nightclub on Jan. 1, Turkish daily Karar reported on July 12.

Copenhagen's famous 'Little Mermaid' statue has been vandalized by animal rights activists calling on Denmark to put an end to the slaughter of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, according to RT.

The bronze statue, which sits on a rock by the waterside at Copenhagen's Langelinie promenade, was spray-painted red on Tuesday.

The Danish police have arrested 4 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State (ISIS) and plotting to carry out attacks near the capital Copenhagen. Over 125 Danish citizens have reportedly joined ISIS after they traveled to Syria and Iraq, according to Danish intelligent services. Danish authorities tweeted that they found a cache of weapons and ammunition after investigations.