Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Assaulted in Copenhagen

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man in central Copenhagen, causing her to appear stressed but unharmed. The incident, confirmed by local police and national security, left Frederiksen and those close to her deeply shocked. The attacker was promptly arrested.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen walked away following an assault by a man in central Copenhagen on Friday and had no outward signs of harm, a local resident told Reuters.

"Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet (square, red.) in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The Prime Minister is shocked by the incident," her office said in a statement without giving further detail. Copenhagen Police and Denmark's national security and intelligence service confirmed the incident to Reuters but declined to provide more detail.

"She seemed a little stressed," Soren Kjergaard, who works as a barista on the square, told Reuters after seeing the prime minister being escorted away by security following the assault. Danish Minister of Environment Magnus Heunicke said on X: "Mette is naturally shocked by the attack. I must say that it shakes all of us who are close to her."

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