A man has been taken into police custody for 12 days over a public attack on Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The attacker was sentenced on Saturday (June 8), Danish police said. British news agency Reuters reported this news.
The incident took place on Friday evening in a square in the center of Copenhagen, the country’s capital. The attacker walked towards Frederiksen and struck him. After the attack, the man tried to move away quickly. But he was quickly arrested by the security personnel.
Frederiksen’s office said the prime minister suffered a shoulder injury. But he is mentally very traumatized. All official functions of the Prime Minister on Saturday have been cancelled.
Copenhagen police said the accused’s act was not politically motivated.
The reason for the police custody sentence, the Copenhagen City Court judge said, is that the accused has no connection to Denmark. But there is a risk of him escaping.
The attack happened two days before the start of voting in the European Union elections.
In 2019, Mite Frederiksen took over as the Prime Minister of Denmark. He is the youngest Prime Minister of the country.
On May 15, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was also publicly shot.
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