FILE PHOTO: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a ceremony on the Danish monument exterior of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Frederiksen has been assaulted by a person on a sq. within the capital of Copenhagen, based on a report on Friday, June 7, 2024, by the state information company Ritzau. (AP Picture/Jeremias Gonzalez, File)
BERLIN, Germany — 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 social media platform X that one individual was arrested within the case and an investigation was underway.
There was no fast phrase on how the assault occurred or if Frederiksen was harm in any means. The prime minister’s workplace informed the Danish state broadcaster DR that she was “shocked” by the incident.
The stories gave no additional particulars and it was unclear in what context the assault occurred, however it got here simply forward of the European Union parliamentary elections on Sunday, June 9. Frederiksen has been campaigning with the Social Democrats’ EU lead candidate, Christel Schaldemose. Media stories mentioned the assault was not linked to a marketing campaign occasion.
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Information of the Danish prime minister’s assault was acquired with shock and condemnation by politicians throughout the political spectrum contained in the Scandinavian nation and overseas.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson mentioned 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.”
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Violence in opposition to politicians has develop into a theme within the run-up to the EU elections. In Could, a candidate from Germany’s center-left Social Democrats was overwhelmed and significantly injured whereas campaigning for a seat within the European Parliament.
In Slovakia, the election marketing campaign was overshadowed by an try and assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on Could 15, sending shockwaves via the nation of 5.4 million and reverberating all through Europe.
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