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A man has been arrested after assaulting Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen on Friday evening. The premier was “shocked by the incident,” her office said, confirming that Frederiksen had been hit by a man on Copenhagen’s Kultorvet square. It was initially unclear whether Frederiksen, a Social Democrat, was injured in the attack. One person has been arrested, Copenhagen police confirmed on X without providing details on the suspect’s identity or a potential motive. Over the past days, Frederiksen had been out and about to support the Social Democrats’ top candidate…

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