After her attack, the Danish Prime Minister says she is “shaken” but assures that she is “fine”

The Danish Prime Minister spoke on Saturday June 8, the day after her attack by a 39-year-old man in Copenhagen. “I am saddened and shaken by yesterday’s incident but otherwise I am fine,” said Put Frederiksen in a post on Instagram, adding that she needed “peace” and of “tranquility”. She suffers from a “mild whiplash”, according to a press release from his services.

“Our current working hypothesis is that the incident was not politically motivated”the police said after the suspect’s hearing by a judge, who decided to place him in pre-trial detention until June 20. Friday, the man punched the top of the Prime Minister’s right arm, the prosecution explained. He appeared to be intoxicated, according to a medical report cited by the prosecutor.

Several European leaders denounced this new attack, which comes three weeks after an assassination attempt in Slovakia on head of government Robert Fico, shot and wounded on May 15 while greeting his supporters after a meeting. of the government.