Former Danish justice minister punched during Euro 2016 match

Morten Bødskov assaulted while watching football in Copenhagen

TheCopenhagenPost

Jun 15, 2016

Morten Bødskov, the former justice minister, was assaulted while watching a Euro 2016 match in Copenhagen on Tuesday night.

Police spokesman Ove Larsen said that Bødskov was at an outdoor screening of the Iceland-Portugal match at Islands Brygge when he was assaulted by a young man in what appeared to be a politically-motivated attack.

The former minister, who is a current MP, was drinking a beer with two friends when a young man came up and asked him if he was the former justice minister. When Bødskov acknowledged that he was, the man asked him a few more questions and then “stood up and punched me hard in the temple” Bødskov wrote on Facebook.

“I have a headache and my jaw is slightly bruised,” Bødskov told Ekstra Bladet.

“I am in shock. I have spoken with many people before but never experienced this.”

Look for the cross
Police are looking for a suspect in his 20s with light hair and a tattoo of a cross on his left arm. The case is being investigated as violence against a public person, which carries a maximum prison sentence of eight years, but could just warrant a fine.

PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen was quick to condemn the assault on one of his political rivals.

“In a democracy, it is crucial that everyone, especially our elected representatives, can speak up freely without having to look over their shoulders when they attend a nice evening of football,” said Rasmussen.

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