Denmark Prime Minister Matt Fredrickson canceled his engagement after being injured in a road assault on Saturday. His neck was injured within the assault.
Frederiksen’s workplace mentioned he was taken to hospital for a medical examination after the assault on Copenhagen Sq. on Friday night.
The assertion added that he suffered a ‘minor neck harm’ from the assault and the prime minister was unhurt within the incident. Nonetheless, she was shocked by the assault and canceled her weekday engagements.
Danish police mentioned on Saturday {that a} 39-year-old man would seem in a Copenhagen court docket for questioning to resolve whether or not he ought to be remanded in custody.
Police added that the listening to of the case is anticipated at 1 pm native time and can happen within the Frederiksberg space of Copenhagen.
Two eyewitnesses to the assault on the Danish Prime Minister, Mary Adrian and Anna Raven, advised the newspaper ‘BT’ that that they had seen Frederiksen arrive within the sq. at six o’clock on Friday night.
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In accordance with eyewitnesses: ‘An individual got here from the other way and grabbed her (the prime minister) by the shoulder and pushed her exhausting inflicting her to bend to 1 facet.’
He added that though it was a ‘exhausting push’, Fredrickson didn’t fall to the bottom. He described the assailant as a tall and skinny individual.
He mentioned that the mentioned individual tried to go away shortly however he had not gone far when the boys in fits caught him and threw him to the bottom.
Frederiksen was taken away by safety after the incident, and Søren Kjergaard, who works at a restaurant in central Copenhagen, advised Reuters that Frederiksen was capable of stroll away unhurt after the assault. didn’t arrive
Neither the police nor the prime minister’s workplace mentioned something in regards to the attacker’s motive or whether or not he had a weapon.
This assault European Union It occurred two days earlier than Denmark’s vote within the election. A number of EU leaders have condemned the assault.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif mentioned in an announcement on X that he condemned the ‘cowardly’ assault.
He mentioned that there is no such thing as a place for violence in politics. He additionally expressed his heartfelt needs for the speedy restoration of his Danish counterpart.
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2024-06-09 08:20:42