Frederiksen’s office told AFP she had been taken to a hospital for a check-up after the attack in a Copenhagen square.
The assault caused a “minor whiplash injury”, it said, adding that the prime minister was “otherwise safe but shaken by the incident” and her Saturday schedule had been cancelled.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
During the hearing on Saturday, the prosecution presented a statement from a doctor describing the defendant as mentally unbalanced and under the influence, Danish media reported.
Broadcaster DR said police had described the man, who denied being guilty of a crime, as “probably both under the influence of substances and drunk” when arrested.
The broadcaster also reported that while in court the prosecutor asked if the man could remember what he was doing between 5:30 pm and 5:45 pm local time the day before.
“To be completely honest, then no, not much,” the man replied, according to DR.
