Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday, June 8, canceled her engagements for the day after suffering a “minor whiplash injury” and being taken to a hospital for a check-up after she was assaulted on a Copenhagen square the night before, her office said. In a statement to Agence France-Presse (AFP), her office added that the prime minister was “otherwise safe but shaken by the incident.”

A man arrested for hitting Frederiksen will appear before a judge Saturday, who will decide if he will be kept in custody, police said. The hearing is expected at 1:00 pm, they added.

Witnesses told Danish media on Saturday that they had seen a man giving the prime minister a “hard shove,” adding that while it was a “strong push” Frederiksen did not hit the ground.

The attack was widely condemned by leading European politicians as the EU elections are ongoing, the last day of voting taking place on Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron was on Saturday the latest leader to denounce the attack as “unacceptable”, in a statement on X.

The incident follows a spate of attacks on politicians from across the political spectrum at work or on the campaign trail in Germany ahead of this week’s EU elections.