2024-06-09 00:32:26
Copenhagen: Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen was attacked by a person within the capital Copenhagen on Friday. The Prime Minister’s Workplace stated that the attacker has been arrested. The PM’s Workplace stated, ‘Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was hit by a person on the Kultorvet intersection in Copenhagen on Friday night. The person was later arrested.’ The assertion additionally stated that the PM is in full shock by the road assault. The assault passed off at an intersection within the metropolis heart the place a person got here as much as him and hit him. Nevertheless, it’s not but clear whether or not the Prime Minister was damage within the assault or not. Denmark’s Atmosphere Minister Magnus Heunicke referred to as for nationwide unity after the assault. He stated that it’s everybody’s duty to care for one another no matter ‘political disagreements, election campaigns’. He wrote in a put up on X, ‘Nothing like this could occur in our lovely, secure and free nation. That is ugly and unacceptable. Let’s present that Denmark is best.’
European leaders expressed concern
European Fee chief Ursula von der Leyen referred to as it a despicable act that goes towards what we consider in and struggle for in Europe. European politicians expressed unhappiness over the assault. Latvian Prime Minister Ivica Silina stated in a put up on Twitter, “Deeply shocked by the outrageous assault on my colleague and pal, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen. Our ideas are with you and your family members. Wishing you a speedy restoration.”
European leaders have been attacked earlier than
Voting for the European Union elections will happen in Denmark on Sunday. Frederiksen is the chief of Denmark’s center-left Socialist Democratic Get together. She has been the Prime Minister since 2019. Just a few weeks earlier than the assault on her, Slovakian PM Robert Fico was shot. This was a serious try and assault a European political chief after greater than 20 years. Earlier in 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron was additionally slapped by a person throughout a public assembly.