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Danish police said Monday that they have arrested two men suspected of helping the gunman who carried out two deadly shooting attacks over the weekend in Copenhagen.

Police in Copenhagen said the arrests were made Sunday and that the two men will face a custody hearing Monday.

The defense attorney for one of the two suspects, Michael Juul Eriksen, told public broadcaster DR that the two were accused of giving the gunman shelter and getting rid of a weapon.

The suspect killed two people in his weekend attacks, including a Danish filmmaker and a member of Denmark’s Jewish community. He first opened fire Saturday at a cultural center hosting a seminar on free speech with an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, and then later at security forces outside a synagogue, police said. Hours later, the suspect was killed in a gun battle with a SWAT team.

Police say the slain gunman was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists — and possibly by the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. They have not yet released his name.

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A police officer stands above a person lying on the ground near the synagogue shooting.AP Photo/Rasmus Thau Riddersh
Police officers take cover behind their patrol cars on the streets of Copenhagen.
Police officers take cover behind their patrol cars on the streets of Copenhagen.Getty Images
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A victim is carried into an ambulance after a shooting incident at a public meeting and discussion arranged by the Lars Vilks Committee about Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech in the Krudttonden Hall in the Osterbro area on Feb. 14 in Copenhagen.Getty
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A man who passed a camera in the area shortly after two suspects had fled in a car following the shooting.Reuters
The scene outside the Copenhagen cafe, with a bullet-marked window, where a gunman opened fire.AP
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Forensic investigators at the site of the shooting.Reuters
Police search with a sniffer dog at the area where shots were fired during a discussion about art, blasphemy and free speech in Copenhagen.EPA
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A police officer stands guard after an earlier shooting at a public meeting arranged by the Lars Vilks Committee.Getty Images
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Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt speaks to the media as she visits Kanonhallen in Oesterbro after the terrorist attack.EPA
Swedish artist Lars Vilks on Jan. 3, 2012.Getty
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