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Several people shot in residential area of Holb fk, Denmark, police say

Danish police said they received a report of a shooting in the Agervang residential area at around 3:45 p.m. on 9 August 2026 and that several people had been hit.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 16, 2026, 2:28 a.m. ET
Several people have been hit by gunfire in the of Holb fk (also written ), in , Danish police said in a statement posted on X. Police said they received a report of the shooting at around 3:45 p.m. local time f2:45pm UK time, or 1345 GMT fon 9 August 2026. "Police received a report of the shooting around 3:45 p.m. It occurred in the ," the force said. "Police are currently present at several locations in Holb fk following a shooting where several people have been hit," police said in the statement on X. Police have not given a number for those injured beyond saying several were hit, and have not released any identities. On the condition of those hit, police said: "At this time, we cannot provide further information about their condition." The location has been given by police at the level of the town: officers said they were present at several locations in Holb fk, and that the shooting itself occurred in the . On what lay behind the shooting, police said: "It is the police's assumption that this is a settling of scores in the criminal environment." A further police statement put it as: "The police presumption is that this is a settling of scores within the criminal milieu." Police themselves framed this as an assumption fthe words used in the statements are "assumption" and "presumption" frather than as a finding. No suspect has been identified, and police are seeking whoever was responsible. The responding agencies are the Danish police, including local police in Holb fk. The statements quoted here were issued by police, and the shooting report time and the description of the scene come from statements the force posted on X.

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  1. Version 316 Aug 2026, 06:28current

    Added police statement that no further information on the victims' condition is available, noted the differing spellings of the town's name and the 1345 GMT time given by two outlets.

  2. Version 211 Aug 2026, 04:07

    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.

  3. Version 111 Aug 2026, 03:58

    First published.

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