{"id":9670,"date":"2024-06-09T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T12:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2024-06-09T17:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T12:09:48","slug":"danish-prime-minister-safe-but-shaken-after-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiaepost.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/09\/danish-prime-minister-safe-but-shaken-after-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish prime minister \u2018safe but shaken\u2019 after assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was taken to the hospital with a minor whiplash injury after a man hit her in central Copenhagen, her office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Frederiksen is \u201csafe but shaken\u201d by the incident, the office said, adding that her scheduled engagements on Saturday were cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses told Danish media that the 46-year-old prime minister was assaulted on Kultorvet square in the capital\u2019s historic centre on Friday but had been able to walk away from the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police quickly arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media, the suspect later appeared in a pre-trial custody hearing in a Copenhagen district court.The man denied that he had anything against Ms Frederiksen, saying she was \u201ca really good prime minister\u201d and that he had been surprised to run into her on the street.Police investigating the assault do not believe that the attack was politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media reported that the man was drunk and under the influence of other drugs at the time and that he was a Polish citizen who had been resident in Denmark for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condemnation poured in from across Europe.\u201cShocked to hear about the violence against my friend Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of our ally Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI strongly condemn all violence against our political leaders,\u201d NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrote on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called it a \u201cdespicable act which goes against everything we believe and fight for in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/sports\/football\/699997-ucl-final-real-madrid-are-kings-of-europe-again.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrench President Emmanuel Macron denounced it as \u201cunacceptable\u201d and wished the leader a quick recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz posted a get-well message on X.\u201cDear Mette, I wish you a speedy recovery,\u201d he said.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak posted on X: \u201cDemocracies must be free from intimidation and threats.\u201d\u201cI strongly condemn any form of violence against democratically elected leaders in our free societies,\u201d Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said.\u201cAn attack on a democratically elected leader is also an attack on our democracy,\u201d wrote Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on . 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