On Tuesday, 5 April 1994, 35-year-old Flemming Nielsen of

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. Nielsen had been a student at the university since 1986. He opened fire with a

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in a university cafeteria where he killed his first victim, 24-year-old Birgit Bohn Wolfsen. The remaining students in the room managed to escape. Nielsen proceeded into another cafeteria and opened fire again, killing his second victim, 27-year-old Randi Thode Kristensen. Another two people were wounded but survived. Flemming Nielsen then retreated to a basement bathroom stall where he committed suicide via gunshot wound. The autopsy revealed that he had taken Fontex before the incident, and police found a suicide note at his home, stating how he "could not handle life anymore", and that he wanted to kill some people before ending his own life. It is the only

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that has occurred in Denmark.Danielsen, M. (March 2018)
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