Peter Madsen was found guilty of the murder of journalist Kim Wall, now the submarine killer tried to flee.
Apparently he even threatened with a bomb.
Journalist Kim Wall's killer tried to escape from prison on Tuesday morning.
Peter Madsen dismembered his victim, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
During the police operation in Copenhagen there was also a suspicion of a bomb in the room.
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Update from October 20, 2:30 p.m.:
Now there are more details about Peter Madsen's escape.
Danish media reports that the
submarine killer
forced
his way out of prison with the help of a
hostage
.
Accordingly, the killer of Kim Wall is
said to have had
his
psychologist
in his power, he apparently threatened to shoot her.
In order to minimize the danger to the woman, employees would then have opened the prison gate.
Shortly afterwards, the emergency services looked for
Madsen
and the area was cordoned off.
Madsen holed himself up on a street for about three hours, then access took place.
Whether the man who the
journalist Kim Wall
in a
submarine
was actually armed is not yet known.
Update from October 20, 1:25 p.m.:
As the Danish media now unanimously report, the arrested man is said to be Peter Madsen.
The exact incident is now being investigated.
Copenhagen / Denmark: Peter Madsen escaped from prison - murderer threatened with bomb
Update from October 20, 1:20 p.m.:
As the Danish police now report, the man who escaped from prison is actually Peter Madsen.
However, he has since been
prevented from
escaping
.
It
is not yet known
whether Madsen is still
detained
outdoors, or whether the murderer of
journalist Kim Wall
has now been arrested.
Update from October 20, 1 p.m .:
As "Ekstra Bladet" now reports, Bent Isager-Nielsen, the former head of the national homicide squad, apparently expressed the fear that
Madsen could
actually detonate a bomb.
The
expert
justifies this
with the observation that a dog is also used in addition to the two emergency services.
This is said to be specialized in explosives.
Isager-Nielsen could therefore imagine that Madsen
wants to enforce
demands
.
It is still unclear whether the arrested person is actually Peter Madsen or whether the operation is currently ongoing.
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Peter Madsen was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Copenhagen / Denmark: Peter Madsen on the run - Other prisoners are also searched
Update from October 20, 12.40 p.m.:
The
police
now tweeted that a
man
had meanwhile been arrested during the operation.
It
is not known
whether the person is
Madsen
.
As the Danish newspaper further reports, all
prisoners
in the nearby prison
are currently to be
searched.
Update from October 20, 12:30 p.m.
As the Danish newspaper "Ekstra Bladet" reports, Madsen is currently still sitting on the grass verge, around 400 to 500 meters from the prison.
The place of use is largely cordoned off.
As can be clearly seen on the videos of the newspaper: the convicted murderer actually wears a belt-like object around his stomach.
He should therefore threaten to detonate a bomb if the police get hold of it.
The crime against the journalist Kim Wall shocked, Madsen had confessed to the murder only a few months ago.
Copenhagen: submarine killer Madsen escapes from prison - large-scale operation is underway
Original message from October 20, 2020, 12 noon:
Copenhagen - The crime against the
journalist Kim Wall
caused horror worldwide, now the Danish
submarine builder Peter Madsen,
who was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder, tried
to escape
from
prison
.
As the Danish
newspaper "Ekstra Bladet"
reports,
a large-scale police operation in Copenhagen took
place on
Tuesday
for this reason.
Peter Madsen is requested to fly from the fængslet https://t.co/fK7Z1x7PeM pic.twitter.com/2SZ3Q1gnqg
- Ekstra Bladet (@EkstraBladet) October 20, 2020
Peter Madsen: Kim Wall's murderer escapes from prison in Copenhagen - large-scale police operation
A short
video of the murderer
can be seen
on the newspaper's homepage
.
Madsen
is sitting next to a street in a green area, surrounded by emergency services.
As the newspaper further reports, the operation is currently still ongoing, and experts to defuse a
bomb
are on site.
It is unclear whether Madsen could actually be armed.
Accordingly, he should have
escaped
from
prison
by threatening with a bomb.
The sheet also claims to have discovered a kind of belt on the killer's body.
However, this information is so far unconfirmed.
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