hm is accused of punching the politician on the higher arm. A court docket has now ordered his detention till June 20, the Danish information company Ritzau reported on Saturday. The person denies his guilt. The police don’t at the moment consider there’s a political motive.
Frederiksen was bodily attacked by a person in downtown Copenhagen on Friday. She was subsequently examined in hospital and suffered from delicate whiplash, her workplace stated. She was in any other case in good well being, however was shaken by the incident. Her workplace canceled a number of appointments.
Police arrested a 39-year-old man who appeared in court docket on Saturday afternoon. Neither the police nor the Prime Minister’s workplace have but commented on the attacker’s intentions or whether or not he was armed.
Frederiksen was shocked by the assault, her workplace stated. The 46-year-old can be head of the Danish Social Democrats. The European elections will happen in Denmark on Sunday. Within the run-up to the EU-wide elections, there have been additionally assaults on politicians in different international locations. In mid-Might, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was significantly injured in an assassination try.
“Violence endangers democracy!”
Politicians from a number of international locations condemned the assault. Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) harassed that the assault on Frederiksen was to be condemned within the strongest attainable phrases: “Violence endangers democracy!”
“The assault focusing on the Danish Prime Minister is unacceptable. I firmly condemn this act and want Mette Frederiksen a speedy restoration,” French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Platform X.
EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen wrote: “I condemn this despicable act, which contradicts all the things we consider in and combat for in Europe. I want you energy and braveness – I do know you’ve got loads of each.”
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson harassed: “An assault on a democratically elected head of presidency can be an assault on our democracy.”
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