Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Fredderiksen was attacked on June 8, in central Copenhagen.
Fredderiksen didn´t endure main accidents however was left “shocked”, in keeping with her workplace. The incident occurred at Kultorvet Sq. and resulted within the arrest of the 39-year-old assailant.
Two witnesses, Marie Adrian and Anna Ravn revealed to the native Press: “A person got here by in the wrong way and gave her a tough shove on the shoulder, inflicting her to fall to the aspect.”
They shared that though the assault was intense, Fredderiksen managed to maintain her stability and sat down at a close-by cafe to get well.
Swedish Overseas Minister, Tobias Billström, known as the assault “fully horrible” and demanded a robust punishment of the assailant, who was despatched to court docket.
Lower than a month after Slovak PM, Robert Fico was shot, leading to a sophisticated surgical procedure and a restoration, European leaders specific concern over the present state of democracy.
European Fee Chief, Ursula von der Leyed, referred to the most recent assault as a “despicable act, which matches towards the whole lot we consider in and battle for in Europe.”
The chief of Social Democrats, Mette Frederksen is the youngest Prime Minister in Danish historical past; the assault occurred simply two days earlier than Denmark’s vote within the EU election.
