Danish PM hit by man in Copenhagen street, her office says [edit] No political motive, see comments ( www.bbc.com ) Englisch

pewgar_seemsimandroid , vor 27 Tagen

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bstix , vor 28 Tagen

The court hearing just ended. The attacker was a Polish guy who was blackout intoxicated by alcohol and drugs during the incident. He is known by local police from previous episodes in which he has been mentally "unhinged".
He does not recall the episode other than being positively thrilled to meet the prime minister. He was ashamed of his actions.

So, no political or personal motivation, just a local loony.

He will now be put in pre-trial detention for 12 days.

misk OP , vor 27 Tagen

Glad to hear, thanks for the update.

Faydaikin , vor 28 Tagen

There's plenty of people in DK that would love to clock our politicians in the face.

But most realize that such an act wouldn't result in anything favorable for anyone. Aside from very momentary self-satisfaction.

downpunxx , vor 28 Tagen

It's either Russian or Islamic Jihadi related, 50/50 and pick em

Chuymatt , vor 28 Tagen

This is only gonna happen more.

bstix , vor 28 Tagen

For a while perhaps, but not for long. Democracy will prevail.

It will be interesting to hear what motivated the attack.

Chuymatt , vor 28 Tagen

Female PM from 2019 on, social Dem, assailant was male… I have some guesses…

Senseless , vor 28 Tagen

I'm specifically asking to avoid misunderstandings. Are you saying that this happened because the PM is female and ofc a male specimen would hit her? What are you saying?

Chuymatt , vor 28 Tagen

Well, I listed multiple aspects that would be a compounding factor. Overall, males are more conservative than females in the western surveys done. Furthermore, the majority, by a long way, of violent assaults are perpetrated by males.

Add to that the increase in violence perpetrated by right wing groups in recent years, the odds are good that she was targeted.

MBM , vor 28 Tagen

Aren't the Danish SocDems this conservative+leftist mix?

anlumo , vor 28 Tagen

Unlike totalitarian regimes, democracy does not have strong protections against disbanding itself, just look at Hungary, Russia or Turkey. So, in the long run democracy is just a temporary fad that will fade away eventually.

bstix , vor 28 Tagen

None of those countries are good representations of where democracy is heading..

anlumo , vor 25 Tagen

They have the same rules as all the other democratic countries. The only difference is that they had someone take over the democratic process.

bstix , vor 25 Tagen

They're different because corruption (and in turkey: religion) was already present to such a degree that an actual democracy never happened.