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Several people hit by gunfire in Holbæk, Denmark, police say

Danish police said they were called to the Agervang residential area of Holbæk at around 3:45 p.m. on 9 August 2026 after a shooting in which several people were hit.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 11, 2026, 12:07 a.m. ET
Several people have been hit by gunfire in the of , in , according to a statement from Danish police posted on X. Police said they received a report of the shooting at around 3:45 p.m. local time on 9 August 2026 — described by the Mirror as 2:45 p.m. UK time. "Police are currently present at several locations in following a shooting where several people have been hit," the force said in its statement. Police have not given a number of people injured beyond saying several were hit, and have not released any identities. Accounts of how tightly officials have located the shooting differ: AOL described the scene at level, while the Mirror reported it at the level of a single . Neither description outweighs the other. In the same statement, police said: "It is the police's assumption that this is a settling of scores in the criminal environment." That is the force's stated assumption and not a finding; police have not said what led to the shooting. No suspect has been identified publicly, and police are seeking whoever was responsible. Danish police, including local police in , are the responding agencies and have been publishing updates on X. Figures and details released early in an incident of this kind are frequently revised.

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  1. Version 211 Aug 2026, 04:07current

    Added the date of the incident, the eastern Denmark location, the UK-time equivalent of the report time, the sourced conflict over how precisely the location was described, and that no suspect has been identified while police seek one.

  2. Version 111 Aug 2026, 03:58

    First published.

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