Reuters reported that Danish police arrested a suspect for allegedly attacking Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Friday.
According to Reuters, the suspect is accused of assaulting a woman in a square in the country’s capital, Copenhagen.
“Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted on Friday evening in Kurtorvet in Copenhagen by a man who has since been arrested. The prime minister is shocked by the incident,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. offered To Reuters.
Leaders of her country and European Union countries offered support and expressed dismay at the incident.
“Deeply shocked by the attack on my colleague and friend Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen,” Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo tweeted. “I strongly condemn any form of violence against democratically elected leaders in our free society. Thinking of you and wishing you strength in these difficult times.”
I am deeply shocked by the attack on my colleague and friend Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen. I strongly condemn any form of violence against democratically elected leaders in our free society. I stand with you and wish you strength in these difficult times.
— Petteri Orpo (@PetteriOrpo) June 7, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also tweeted a message of support for Frederiksen. (Related article: Danish gunman allegedly kills three people: What we know so far)
“Mette Frederiksen is a committed leader, a great person and a great friend,” Sanchez wrote in an English translation of the tweet, which was written in Spanish. “The attack suffered tonight is an attack on all of us who believe in a Europe of freedom, tolerance and peace. I send him my support, together with the Spanish people, in these difficult times. Violence has no place in the EU,” Sanchez concluded.
Mette Frederiksen is a compromising leader, a wonderful person and a great friend. The suffering you have suffered tonight is suffering for everything we believe in in a Europe of freedom, tolerance and peace. He has built my trust and the city of Spain in this moment…
— Pedro Sanchez (@sanchezcastejon) June 7, 2024
The attack took place just two days before voting in the European Union (EU) elections, according to Reuters.
