Reformed Gang Leader Nedim Yasar Shot Leaving His Book Launch in Denmark

Reformed Gang Leader Nedim Yasar Shot Leaving His Book Launch in Denmark
"Roots: A Gangster's Way Out," the book about Nedim Yasar, in a bookstore in Copenhagen on Nov. 20, 2018. Bax Lindhardt/AFP/Getty Images
John Smithies
John Smithies
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A reformed Danish gang leader has died from gunshot wounds he sustained as he left the launch of a book about how he had turned his life around.

Nedim Yasar, 31, was shot on Nov. 19 in the Danish capital Copenhagen by a suspect who fled on foot, according to police.

John Smithies
John Smithies
Journalist
A journalist for The EpochTimes based in London. These views are firmly my own.
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