An armed robbery in the city’s Amager district resulted in the killing of the getaway car’s driver by police
One of the men involved in an armed robbery of a jeweller in the city’s Amager district was shot and killed by police on Saturday.
Eight people in all have been arrested in connection with the crime, which took place at around 10am at the Aveny jewellery shop on Amagerbrogade street. Two were arrested on Saturday and the other six were found on Monday at a flat located near the Bella Center conference hall.
An officer who attempted to stop the getaway car was hit and dragged several metres by the vehicle. His partner then fired, killing the driver.
The wounded officer was taken to Rigshospitalet where he was treated before being released.
According to police the man killed had Chilean identification papers on him and the remaining suspects – one of whom is a woman – are also thought to be Chilean, reports public broadcaster DR.
A spokesman for the police said that although they are not ‘100 percent certain’ that the Chileans are behind the crime, evidence found at the suspects’ apartment was incriminating.
No further information on the arrests had been released by police as of Monday morning, as authorities are still in the process of determining whether the evidence gathered is sufficient to press charges.
The Copenhagen Post
