A 22-year-old with a history of violence and criminal gang involvement has been identified by police as the suspect behind two deadly shootings in Denmark.
Danish media named the suspect as Omar el-Hussein, a man police say was born in Denmark and had a criminal record which included convictions for violence and weapons offences.
The Ekstra-Bladet newspaper reported that he was released from jail two weeks ago after serving a term for aggravated assault.
El-Hussein was wanted by police in November 2013 for stabbing a fellow passenger on a train, it added.
This was backed by a Danish police statement issued in 2013 describing an incident in which a man identified as Omar el-Hussein had stabbed a train passenger repeatedly with "a big knife".
He was shot dead by police near a Copenhagen train station after opening fire on officers, following an attack at a cafe on Saturday afternoon and another deadly assault two miles away at the city's main synagogue.
Police believe the gunman was inspired by last month's Paris shootings, where Islamists targeted the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket.
Investigators said there was nothing to suggest at present that other gunmen were involved in the Copenhagen shootings, which left two people dead and five police officers wounded. They also said they did not believe the gunman had been to overseas jihadist training camps.
The attack at the synagogue in Krystalgade just after midnight UK time saw one man killed after he was shot in the head and two policemen also shot, one in the arm and the other in the leg.
Armed Danish police also raided an internet cafe near where officers killed the suspected gunman, taking at least two people into custody, according to Danish media.
Sky News cameraman Pete Milnes, who was in a hotel next to the synagogue, said: "There was a succession of about six or seven gunshots.
"Within a minute or so, armed police were on the scene, a helicopter was hovering overhead. I witnessed police apprehend an individual who was handcuffed and later released.
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Gallery: Two Killed In Cafe And Synagogue Shootings
Two people have been killed and five police officers were injured in two shootings in the Danish capital Copenhagen. This is the scene of the cafe attack on Saturday
He was later shot dead by officers here, near one of the city's train stations, after reportedly opening fire on them
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