PM condemns attacks in Copenhagen

PM Tony Abbott has signalled a major crackdown on border control amid growing terrorism concerns. Source: AAP

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has condemned a "brutal" shooting in Denmark as an affront to free speech, also flagging further efforts aimed at securing Australia's borders amid growing concerns about the threat of terrorism attacks on home soil.

TWIN attacks shook Copenhagen over the weekend.

One man killed when a cafe hosting an event where a cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Mohammed was speaking was sprayed with bullets, and another fatally shot in the head just hours later at the city's main synagogue.Three police officers were hurt in the cafe shooting, and another two wounded in the second attack.Danish police have confirmed a man was later killed after he opened fire on police at a train station in the northern part of the city amid a massive man-hunt.The shootings come in the wake of the attacks in Paris in January at the offices of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, as well as a Jewish supermarket elsewhere in the French capital.Mr Abbott, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the thoughts of all Australians were with the Danish people."As with the Charlie Hebdo atrocity in Paris, the Copenhagen attack is an affront to one of our most fundamental values - freedom of speech," Mr Abbott said."We stand with the people and government of Denmark in confronting this cynical attempt to undermine that fundamental right."Earlier, the prime minister signalled security at Australia's borders would be ramped up.Mr Abbott, who will deliver a national security statement on Monday week, said the rise of Daesh, or Islamic State, had seen new threats emerge, "where any extremist can grab a knife, a flag, a camera phone and a victim and carry out a terror attack".Authorities on Friday confirmed police and a prayer hall were among targets uncovered by investigations into two alleged terrorists arrested in western Sydney last week.A number of items were seized from the home of Omar Al-Kutobi, 24, and Mohammad Kiad, 25, allegedly including a machete, hunting knife and homemade Islamic State flag, as well as a video that allegedly shows one of the men vowing to launch an attack in the name of IS.Al-Kutobi, from Iraq, is believed to have arrived in Australia in 2009 using another person's passport, and was given a protection visa before being granted citizenship in 2013."It's clear to me, that for too long, we have given those who might be a threat to our country the benefit of the doubt," Mr Abbott said in a statement broadcast on Sunday via his official YouTube channel."There's been the benefit of the doubt at our borders, the benefit of the doubt for residency, the benefit of the doubt for citizenship and the benefit of the doubt at Centrelink. And in the courts, there has been bail, when clearly there should have been jail."Mr Abbott also hit out at the Grand Mufti of Australia for speaking against a possible ban on the controversial Muslim organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, saying comments attributed to Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed were "wrong-headed" and "unhelpful".Dr Ibrahim, the spiritual leader of Muslims in Australia, last week said it would be a "political mistake" to ban the group.The government is seeking advice from security agencies on options for taking action against Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in other countries.

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