The attack came just ahead of the European Union parliamentary elections Sunday.
FILE – Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a ceremony at the Danish monument outside of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Frederiksen has been assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, according to a report on Friday, June 7, 2024 by the state news agency Ritzau. BERLIN, Germany — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday.
There was no immediate word on how the assault happened or if Frederiksen was hurt in any way. The prime minister’s office told the Danish state broadcaster DR that she was “shocked” by the incident. News of the assault was received with shock and condemnation by politicians across the political spectrum inside the Scandinavian country and abroad.
Violence against politicians has become a theme in the runup to the EU elections. In May, a candidate from Germany’s center-left Social Democrats waspopulist Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15, sending shockwaves through the nation of 5.4 million and reverberating throughout Europe.
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