Two injured by gun shots in Denmark

Xinhua News Agency

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Two persons were shot and injured Saturday night in a shooting incident in Elsinore, north of Copenhagen, in Denmark -- a nordic country which is regarded as one of the safest place to live in.

"We received a report at 0:29 Sunday (2329 GMT) that shots had been fired in a stairway of an apartment building on the street of Sydvej in Elsinore," North Zealand Police said in a press release.

According to the police, one man was shot in the chest and both legs, while the other in one leg. Neither victims was in a life-threatening condition.

No one has been arrested yet in connection with the incident, and police investigation into the shooting incident is under way.

"It is still too early to say what underlies the incident," Deputy Police Inspector Finn Bernth Andersen said, adding that they are investigating the shooting motives and other relevant factors.

(APD)