‘Shaken’ Danish PM cancels appointments after avenue assault
COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday cancelled her appointments after struggling a whiplash harm in a avenue assault that left her “shaken”.
Frederiksen’s workplace informed AFP that she he had been taken to a hospital for a check-up after the assault on Friday night in a Copenhagen sq..
The assault has triggered a “minor whiplash harm,” it stated, including that the prime minister was “in any other case protected however shaken by the incident” and her Saturday schedule had been cancelled.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday turned the newest European chief to denounce the assault as “unacceptable”, in an announcement on X.
“I strongly condemn this act and want Mette Frederiksen a speedy restoration,” Macron added.
Danish police on Saturday stated “a 39-year-old man will likely be introduced earlier than the Copenhagen district court docket for questioning” to resolve if he’s to be remanded in custody.
The listening to is predicted at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) and could be held in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, they added.
Two witnesses, Marie Adrian and Anna Ravn, informed newspaper BT that they had seen Frederiksen arrive on the sq. whereas they had been sitting by a close-by fountain, simply earlier than 6:00 pm on Friday.
‘Despicable act’
“A person got here by in the wrong way and gave her a tough shove on the shoulder, inflicting her to fall to the facet,” the 2 girls informed the newspaper.
They added that whereas it was a “sturdy push”, Frederiksen didn’t hit the bottom.
They described the person as tall and slim, and stated he had tried to rush away however had not bought far earlier than being grabbed and pushed to the bottom by males in fits.
The assault was extensively condemned by main European politicians, together with EU Fee chief Ursula von der Leyen, who stated it was a “despicable act which matches towards the whole lot we consider and struggle for in Europe.”
In 2019, Frederiksen turned the nation’s youngest prime minister, and saved the submit after rising victorious within the 2022 common election.
The incident follows a spate of assaults on politicians from throughout the political spectrum at work or on the marketing campaign path in Germany forward of this week’s EU elections — with Danes headed to the polls for his or her vote on Sunday.
On Might 15, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot 4 occasions at shut vary as he greeted supporters after a authorities assembly within the central city of Handlova.
Fico, who survived the assassination try, was taken to a hospital in a close-by metropolis after the capturing, the place he underwent two prolonged surgical procedures.
On Saturday, Fico revealed a photograph of him voting in hospital within the European elections and blasted the West for fomenting tensions with Russia.
“I voted in hospital”, the 59-year-old stated, including: “It’s essential to elect European members of parliament who again peace initiatives and never warfare”.
Frederiksen’s workplace informed AFP that she he had been taken to a hospital for a check-up after the assault on Friday night in a Copenhagen sq..
The assault has triggered a “minor whiplash harm,” it stated, including that the prime minister was “in any other case protected however shaken by the incident” and her Saturday schedule had been cancelled.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday turned the newest European chief to denounce the assault as “unacceptable”, in an announcement on X.
“I strongly condemn this act and want Mette Frederiksen a speedy restoration,” Macron added.
Danish police on Saturday stated “a 39-year-old man will likely be introduced earlier than the Copenhagen district court docket for questioning” to resolve if he’s to be remanded in custody.
The listening to is predicted at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) and could be held in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, they added.
Two witnesses, Marie Adrian and Anna Ravn, informed newspaper BT that they had seen Frederiksen arrive on the sq. whereas they had been sitting by a close-by fountain, simply earlier than 6:00 pm on Friday.
‘Despicable act’
“A person got here by in the wrong way and gave her a tough shove on the shoulder, inflicting her to fall to the facet,” the 2 girls informed the newspaper.
They added that whereas it was a “sturdy push”, Frederiksen didn’t hit the bottom.
They described the person as tall and slim, and stated he had tried to rush away however had not bought far earlier than being grabbed and pushed to the bottom by males in fits.
The assault was extensively condemned by main European politicians, together with EU Fee chief Ursula von der Leyen, who stated it was a “despicable act which matches towards the whole lot we consider and struggle for in Europe.”
In 2019, Frederiksen turned the nation’s youngest prime minister, and saved the submit after rising victorious within the 2022 common election.
The incident follows a spate of assaults on politicians from throughout the political spectrum at work or on the marketing campaign path in Germany forward of this week’s EU elections — with Danes headed to the polls for his or her vote on Sunday.
On Might 15, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot 4 occasions at shut vary as he greeted supporters after a authorities assembly within the central city of Handlova.
Fico, who survived the assassination try, was taken to a hospital in a close-by metropolis after the capturing, the place he underwent two prolonged surgical procedures.
On Saturday, Fico revealed a photograph of him voting in hospital within the European elections and blasted the West for fomenting tensions with Russia.
“I voted in hospital”, the 59-year-old stated, including: “It’s essential to elect European members of parliament who again peace initiatives and never warfare”.
