DHAKA: Danish police have shot and killed a man they believe carried out two gun attacks in Copenhagen which left two people dead.

Police said the man was a Danish-born 22-year-old with a background in criminal gangs, reports the Aljazeera.

At a news conference on Sunday, officers said video surveillance indicated the man was behind attacks on a free-speech event on Saturday and the capital's main synagogue early Sunday.

Investigators said the suspect had a history of assault and weapons offences and that they were trying to ascertain if he had help from any accomplices.

The man was shot dead early on Sunday after opening fire on police, officials said, adding that no officers were wounded.

The exchange of fire took place in the multicultural inner-city neighbourhood of Norrebro where police had been keeping an address under observation earlier in the day.

“We believe the same man was behind both shootings and we also believe that the perpetrator who was shot by the police action force at Norrebro station is the person behind the two attacks,” police official Torben Moelgaard Jensen said.

Police said there was no evidence to indicate that any more suspects were involved in the incidents.

BDST: 1104 HRS, FEB 16, 2015