Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a person on a sq. within the capital of Copenhagen, the state information company Ritzau reported Friday.
Copenhagen police confirmed on the X platform that one individual was arrested within the case and an investigation was underway.
There was no rapid phrase on how the assault occurred or if Frederiksen was damage in any manner. The prime minister’s workplace instructed the Danish state broadcaster DR that she was “shocked” by the incident.
A witness to the incident instructed Reuters that Frederiksen had walked away and confirmed no outward indicators of hurt.
“She appeared slightly confused,” Soren Kjergaard, who works as a barista on the sq., instructed Reuters after seeing the prime minister being escorted away by safety.
The studies gave no additional particulars, and it was unclear in what context the assault occurred, but it surely comes simply forward of the European Union parliamentary elections on Sunday. Frederiksen has been campaigning with the Social Democrats’ EU lead candidate, Christel Schaldemose. Media studies stated the assault was not linked to a marketing campaign occasion.
Information of the assault was obtained with shock and condemnation by politicians throughout the political spectrum contained in the Scandinavian nation and overseas.
‘Cowardly act of aggression’
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated that “an assault on a democratically elected chief can also be an assault on our democracy,” whereas Charles Michel, president of the European Council, condemned on X what he referred to as a “cowardly act of aggression.”
Violence towards politicians has turn into a theme within the run-up to the EU elections. In Could, a candidate from Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats was crushed and severely injured whereas campaigning for a seat within the European Parliament.
In Slovakia, the election marketing campaign was overshadowed by an try to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on Could 15, sending shock waves by means of the nation of 5.4 million and reverberating all through Europe.
