Prosecutors demand tougher punishment for man who struck Danish PM on street

The 39-year-old Polish man who hit the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the shoulder with his fist as she passed him on the street in Copenhagen on 7 June was politically motivated and should be deported, argues the prosecution.

Photo: News Øresund – Johan Wessman, Creative Commons

Jul 15, 2024

A man who hit the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the shoulder with his fist as she passed him on the street in Copenhagen on 7 June was politically motivated, argues the prosecution.The 39-year-old Polish man is charged with violence against a civil servant under section 119, subsection 1 of the criminal code, according […]

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