‘Deeply Concerned’: PM Modi Condemns Attack On Danish PM Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack on Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and said that India condemned the attack.

“Deeply concerned by the news of the attack on Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Prime Minister. We condemn the attack. Wishing good health to my friend,” PM Modi said.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen suffered a whiplash injury in a street attack in Copenhagen. A whiplash injury is a neck injury caused by a sudden jerking motion of the head. This motion causes the neck to move forward and then backward rapidly, resembling the cracking of a whip, hence the term “whiplash”.

Marie Adrian and Anna Ravn, the two witnesses, said they saw Frederiksen arrive at the square while they were sitting by a nearby fountain on Friday evening, while speaking to local news outlet BT.

“A man came by in the opposite direction and gave her a hard shove on the shoulder, causing her to fall to the side,” the two women told the newspaper, adding that it was a “strong push” but the Danish PM did not hit the ground.

They described the man as tall and slim while speaking to the newspaper. They said that he tried to hurry away after the attack but had not got far before being grabbed and pushed to the ground by men in suits.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday became the latest European leader to denounce the attack as “unacceptable”, in a statement on X.

“I strongly condemn this act and wish Mette Frederiksen a speedy recovery,” Macron added.

Danish police on Saturday said “a 39-year-old man will be brought before the Copenhagen district court for questioning” to decide if he is to be remanded in custody.

The attack was widely condemned by leading European politicians, including EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, who said it was a “despicable act which goes against everything we believe and fight for in Europe.”

In 2019, Frederiksen became the country’s youngest prime minister, and kept the post after emerging victorious in the 2022 general election.

(with inputs from AFP)