- Author, George Wright
- Role, BBC News
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Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen has been left “shocked” after being attacked in the road in Copenhagen, her office says.
The assault came about on a sq. in the centre of town the place a man walked as much as her and hit her.
The attacker has been arrested.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen referred to as it a “despicable act, which goes against everything we believe in and fight for in Europe”.
“Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The prime minister is shocked by the incident,” the prime minister’s office stated in a press release with out giving additional element.
Police stated they’d arrested a man and have been investigating the incident, however declined to say extra.
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Two witnesses, Marie Adrian and Anna Ravn, instructed native newspaper BT that they’d seen the assault.
“A man came by in the opposite direction and gave her a hard shove on the shoulder, causing her to fall to the side,” the 2 girls instructed the newspaper.
They stated that whereas it was a “strong push” the prime minister didn’t hit the bottom.
She then sat down at a café, they added.
The assault comes two days earlier than Denmark votes in the EU election.
Ms Frederiksen, chief of Denmark’s Social Democrats, had earlier taken half in a European election occasion with her get together’s lead candidate Christel Schaldemose, Denmark’s TV2 stories.
The Social Democrats are the most important get together in Denmark’s coalition authorities. They nonetheless lead the polls, however their help has fallen again significantly in current months.
Danish Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke stated on X: “Mette is naturally shocked by the attack. I must say that it shakes all of us who are close to her.”
EU chief Charles Michel stated on X that he was “outraged”.
“I strongly condemn this cowardly act of aggression,” he stated.
Ms Frederiksen, 46, turned prime minister in 2019 after taking up as chief of the centre-left Social Democrats 4 years earlier. This made her the youngest prime minister in Danish historical past.
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