Mette Frederiksen suffered minor whiplash after a man assaulted her in Copenhagen.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holding a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen last year
The Prime Minister has said violence has no place in politics as he wished the Danish leader a swift recovery after a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen.Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said he was “appalled” to hear about the assault on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.She suffered minor whiplash in the assault but is otherwise well.He will appear for a pre-trial custody hearing at Copenhagen District Court in connection with the incident.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said “an attack on a democratically elected leader is also an attack on our democracy”, while Charles Michel, president of the European Council, condemned the “cowardly act of aggression”. European Union parliamentary elections are under way in Denmark and the rest of the 27-nation bloc and will conclude on Sunday.Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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