2023-11-21 15:12:00
The Dutch politician Thierry Baudetwho leads the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, was brutally hit on the head in a cafeteria in the north of the Netherlands during a campaign event for the general elections to be held next Wednesday.
The far right He was hit several times with a beer bottle during an electoral event in the city of Groningen, in the north of the country, where he was together with other FvD candidates and deputies, as can be seen in images of the attack and reported by the political party on the social network X.
“Thierry is heading to UMCG (Groningen university hospital) following being attacked once more at an event. It seems like everything will be fine. Baudet has been treated by a traumatologist. They hit him in the back of the head with a beer bottle and also on the edge of the temple, right next to the eye. A security guard also suffered facial injuries,” the party said in a brief explanation.
A suspect has already been arrested and is being questioned by police officers in Groningen.
It is the second time in a very short time that Baudet has been attacked during an event: almost a month ago, an unknown person hit him on the head with an umbrella during a visit to Ghent University, in Belgium, and he suffered a mild concussion. which forced him to stop his campaign for a few days.
This political party had another electoral event planned in the city of Zwolle, but has canceled it “due to the health and safety” of Baudet.
As was the case when he was attacked in Belgium, Dutch political leaders of all ideologies condemned what happened.
The attack occurred in a cafeteria in the city of Groningen, in the Netherlands. Photo: EFE
Es totally unacceptable that Thierry Baudet has been attacked once more. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it once more now: stay away from politicians. Always. I wish him a lot of strength and recovery,” said acting Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Frans Timmermans, leader of the left-wing social democratic bloc PvdA and the greens GroenLinks, warned that “violence is always unacceptable, and in a democracy it is discussed using words, this attack has no justification.”
Liberal candidate Dilan Yesilgöz (VVD) urged “to keep your hands off the representatives of the people: you can disagree with someone, but you do it with words, you never attack.”
The Christian Democrat Pieter Omtzigt stressed that it is “absolutely and completely unacceptable to physically attack and harm Baudet, this hits democracy hard,” and regretted that “it seems that nothing has been learned from 2002 and Pim Fortuyn.”
Fortuyn was a Dutch politician shot dead by an environmental activist as revenge for his criticism of Islamic fundamentalism and open immigration policy, an event that took place just nine days before the May 2002 elections, a tragedy that still moves people. Dutch society and politics.
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