He was found guilty of the murder of journalist Kim Wall, now submarine killer Peter Madsen apparently tried to escape.
Rumor has it that he is threatening 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 is also the suspicion of a bomb belt.
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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 - major 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
Copenhagen: submarine killer Peter Madsen escapes from prison - currently major 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.