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title: "Assault on Denmark's PM: Frederiksen Shocked, Attacker Detained"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/35613/assault-on-denmark-s-pm-frederiksen-shocked-attacker-detained
published: 2024-06-08T08:21:08Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# Assault on Denmark's PM: Frederiksen Shocked, Attacker Detained

> A man assaulted Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, in Copenhagen, as reported by Ekstra Bladet.

A man assaulted Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, in Copenhagen, as reported by Ekstra Bladet.

![](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/427e7386-9265-445b-8545-3b880efd26ef.jpg)

The assailant punched Frederiksen in Kultorvet Square, and she is described as "shocked" by the incident. Frederiksen's office made no additional comments. 

According to a source at Ekstra Bladet, Frederiksen is okay but deeply shocked. The assailant has been detained.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**