Mette Frederiksen suffered from “mild whiplash” after being attacked by a 39-year-old male in Copenhagen, her workplace has mentioned
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who was attacked in downtown Copenhagen on Friday, has canceled her remaining marketing campaign occasions as voters head to the polls for European Parliament elections.
Frederiksen was “assaulted and overwhelmed” by a person at Kultorvet Sq. after she took half in a rally with the lead candidate from her Social Democrats social gathering, Christel Schaldemose. The encounter left the Prime Minister with “mild whiplash,” however in any other case “in good situation,” in accordance with her workplace.
However, Frederiksen canceled occasions within the municipalities of Herlev and Rodovre within the broader Copenhagen space, in addition to within the cities of Roskilde, Holbek, and Slagelse.
In the meantime, Copenhagen police have recognized the suspect as a 39-year-old Polish man who has been positioned in custody till June 20. At a court docket listening to, the person pleaded not responsible, with police suggesting that he was in all probability beneath the affect of each medicine and alcohol on the time of the assault, which they described as “an remoted, spontaneous act.”
The police additionally famous that “at current, it isn’t our guiding speculation that the incident was politically motivated.”
The European Parliament election is being held throughout the EU between June 6 and 9, with the vote in Denmark going down on Sunday. Frederiksen’s Social Democrats seem like main the race, in accordance with Politico’s polling tracker.
The assault on Frederiksen got here after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot a number of instances in mid-Might as he was greeting his supporters within the central a part of the nation, with the assailant arrested on the scene.
The offender, recognized as 71-year-old Juraj C., strongly disagreed with a few of Fico’s insurance policies, together with the choice to cease arms shipments to Ukraine. Fico was just lately launched from the hospital, saying, “It is going to be a small miracle if I return to work in a number of weeks.”
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