Copenhagen: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man in central Copenhagen on Friday and a man has been arrested over the attack.
The prime minister was said to be “shocked,” but a witness said she was able to walk away and had no outward signs of harm.
“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,” her office said in a statement, without giving further detail.
Copenhagen Police and Denmark’s national security and intelligence service confirmed the incident but declined to provide more detail.
“She seemed a little stressed,” Soren Kjergaard, who works as a barista on the square, told Reuters after seeing the prime minister being escorted away by security following the assault.
Danish Minister of Environment Magnus Heunicke said on X: “Mette is naturally shocked by the attack. I must say that it shakes all of us who are close to her.”
More to come
Reuters
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