The man suspected of assault has been arrested.
Leonard Wilhelmus,
Susanna Bono
22:24•Updated 23:23
The man has abused the prime minister of Denmark by Mette Frederiksen In Kultorvet in the center of Copenhagen, the country’s prime minister’s office tells news agency Ritzau.
According to the office, Frederiksen is shocked by the case, but does not want to comment on the matter further, he says Danish Broadcasting DR.
The man suspected of assault has been arrested.
Political colleagues judge
Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo (co.) says that he is very shocked by the abuse of the Danish Prime Minister.
An orphan writes message service in X that it strongly condemns all violence against the democratically elected leaders of societies.
Also the Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström has reacted to the abuse of Prime Minister Frederiksen.
– Absolutely horrible. This must be condemned as strongly as possible, Billström writes in X.
Danish politicians widely condemned the act across party lines.
– Words are used in democracy. No violence. It doesn’t go any further than this. Best wishes to the Prime Minister, Social Democrats of Denmark Trine Bramsen wrote in the message service X.
Minister of Economy of the Social Democrats Morten Bødskov calls the case “absolutely insane” and “horrible.”
– From the point of view of our democracy, it is crucial that we can have a factual discussion regardless of political views. Violence and abuse undermine public debate and thus our democracy, the Danish Liberal Party Morten Løkkegaard write in X.
The news is updated