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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer

Danish PM suffers whiplash after assault in Copenhagen

Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen became Denmark’s youngest prime minister when first elected in 2019. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA

An attack on the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, which left her “shaken” and with a whiplash injury, was probably not “politically motivated”, Danish authorities have said.

A 39-year-old Polish man, who was apprehended after allegedly hitting the prime minister on Friday evening, was remanded in custody until 20 June after appearing before a Copenhagen court, the prosecutor Taruh Sekeroglu told reporters.

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