Harry Styles pens emotional Tweet following Copenhagen shooting

‘I’m heartbroken’: Harry Styles pens emotional Tweet as he urges loved ones to ‘look after each other’ following Copenhagen shooting as he is forced to cancel his concert in Danish capital

Harry Styles has said he is ‘heartbroken’ along with the people of Copenhagen, where three people were killed in a shooting on Sunday.

The singer, 28, was forced to cancel his concert at the Danish capital’s Royal Arena -which was just 500 yards away from the devastating scene at Field’s shopping centre.

Taking to Twitter, the hitmaker expressed his ‘devastation’ and urged loved ones to ‘look after each other’.

‘Heartbroken’: Harry Styles has said he is ‘heartbroken’ along with the people of Copenhagen, where three people were killed in a shooting on Sunday, police have said. Harry pictured last month

‘I’m sorry we couldn’t be together’: Taking to Twitter, the hitmaker expressed his ‘devastation’ and urged loved ones to ‘look after each other’

He penned: ‘I’m heartbroken along with the people of Copenhagen. I adore this city. The people are so warm and full of love.

‘I’m devastated for the victims, their families, and everyone hurting. I’m sorry we couldn’t be together. Please look after each other. H.’

A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested in connection with the shooting – which police say has killed three people and left another three wounded – by armed officers near the site, according to police inspector Soren Thomassen, head of the Copenhagen police operations unit.

The Royal Arena was set to host a Harry Styles concert just 500 yards away from the scene of the shooting

Harry was due to perform at 8pm local time (6pm BST) and shortly after the shooting the organiser announced the concert would ‘proceed as planned’.

However it later declared its cancellation, following criticism. 

Fans preparing to visit the nearby Royal Arena for Harry’s concert also told of their disbelief and horror at the attack.

Emotional: People embrace as police evacuate of the Fields shopping centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 3, 2022

Hans Christian Stoltz, 53, who was taking his daughters to the concert said: ‘My oldest daughter who is 18, she is barely holding it together. 

‘My other daughter, she got in the stampede that started when the perpetrator fired shots everywhere. Apparently, she got cut in several places as well from the people and falling over chairs. Awful.’

Stoltz’ daughter Cassandra, 18, said: ‘We didn’t know what to do, so we ran. People were guiding us towards the exit sign and we ran up to the roof and we were stuck there for a while and people were panicking all over the place and people were crying.’

Chaos: Emergency personnel arrive at Fields shopping centre following a shooting and erect covers to shield the scene of the massacre

The shopping centre is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city centre with the international airport. 

A major highway also runs adjacent to Field’s, which opened in 2004. 

Shortly after the shooting, the royal palace said a reception with Crown Prince Frederik connected to the Tour de France cycling race had been cancelled. 

Police: A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested in connection with the shooting by armed officers near Field’s shopping centre, said police inspector Soren Thomassen

The first three stages of the race were held in Denmark this year, the palace said in a statement. 

A reception was due to be held on the royal yacht that is moored in Soenderborg, the town where the third stage ended. 

The attack occurred two days after this year’s Tour de France took off from Copenhagen, and the Tour organisers released a statement expressing their sympathy.

Fleeing: A woman flees the Field’s shopping centre during evacuation by armed police, in Oerstad, Copenhagen, Denmark, 03 July 2022, amid gunfire

Worry: Danish police say multiple people were hit by gunfire (worried civilians pictured after being evacuated)

‘The entire caravan of the Tour de France sends its sincerest condolences to the victims and their families,’ it said.

Chilling images show the moment the gunman strolled through the shopping mall with the rifle slung over his shoulder before he unloaded on innocent bystanders. 

‘We know that there are several dead’ and ‘several injured,’ Thomassen told a news conference, adding that terror can’t be ruled out and that the suspect was a white, ethnic Danish male. 

‘We do not have information that others are involved. This is what we know now,’ he said, refusing to say exactly how many were believed to be dead or hurt.

‘We investigate it as an act, where we can’t exclude, that it’s terror.’

Site: General view of Fields shopping center, after Danish police said they received reports of a shooting at the site

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