Suspect to face preliminary questioning after assault on Danish PM Frederiksen

8/6/2024 16:42

        Danish police said on Saturday a 39-year-old man would appear in front of a judge for preliminary questioning in relation to an assault on the country's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen late on Friday.
        
        Frederiksen, leader of Denmark's Social Democratic Party and prime minister since 2019, was shocked after being beaten by a man at Kultorvet square in Copenhagen on Friday, her office said in a statement on Friday.
        
        Police said the man would be brought before the Copenhagen City Court for questioning at around 1 p.m., but declined to provide more detail.
        
        Neither the police nor the prime minister's office said anything about the man's motive or whether he had carried a weapon.
        
        The assault comes two days before Danes head to the polls in the European Union election.