Danish Prime Minister cancels campaign events after being assaulted by man in Copenhagen

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen cancelled campaign events on the eve of European elections.

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00:00The Danish Prime Minister cancelled campaign events on the eve of voting in her country

00:06after she was assaulted by a man in downtown Copenhagen.

00:10Following the attack, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was rushed to a hospital but was

00:15unharmed.

00:16However, her office said she was shaken by the incident.

00:19To some, the assault on elected leaders adds to the growing sense of democracy itself being

00:24under attack.

00:25I think it's disgusting, because you can disagree politically, but I don't think it should take

00:32place, especially on politicians, they do their job.

00:42The recent violence has come in the run-up to elections taking place this weekend for

00:47the European Parliament.

00:49The most serious attack so far was the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert

00:54Fico, who was shot while he met with supporters.