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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of threatening Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after a weekend protest against coronavirus restrictions turned violent, police said on Sunday.
An effigy of Frederiksen was hung from a lamp post and set alight at the protest in Copenhagen on Saturday evening. A sign with the words “She must and should be killed” hung from the effigy, police said.
The two suspects, aged 30 and 34, were to face a pre-trial custody hearing, according to police.
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Five other protesters were briefly detained on Saturday following unrest and clashes with police, after the main event of the demonstration had ended.
The protest was staged by a group called Men in Black, which opposes the government's measures to stem the coronavirus.
The violence and burning of the effigy was widely condemned by leading politicians, including Soren Pape Poulsen, leader of the opposition Conservatives, and Pia Kjaersgaard, former leader of the populist right-wing Danish People's Party.
“Has nothing to do with a demonstration! It's as un-Danish as anything!” Kjaersgaard, who was the former parliamentary speaker, tweeted.
Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup of Frederiksen's governing Social Democrats said there is a right to protest peacefully, but pledged police would apprehend those responsible for the violence.


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Mink farmers protest in Holstebro, Jutland, Denmark, on November 6, 2020, after Denmark, the world's biggest producer of mink fur, had announced it would cull all of the country's minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at its mink farms and had spread to people. - Denmark announced special restrictions for more than 280,000 people in the country's northwest on November 5 after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans. Through a peaceful demonstration, the mink farmers arrived with their tractors to demand help for a profession, which is now is now being discontinued. (Photo by Bo Amstrup / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Hans Henrik Jeppesen interacts with one of his minks at his farm near Soroe, after government's decision to cull his entire herd due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Denmark November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen

A person moves culled minks at Hans Henrik Jeppesen's farm near Soroe, after government's decision to cull his entire herd due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Denmark November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen

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Five other protesters were briefly detained following unrest and clashes with police after the main demonstration
The protest was staged by a group called Men in Black, which opposes the government‘s measures to stem the coronavirus



A sign with the words ‘She must and should be killed’ was hung from an effigy of the prime minister and set alight, police said.


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Two arrested for burning effigy of Denmark’s premier Mette Frederiksen at coronavirus protest

Five other protesters were briefly detained following unrest and clashes with police after the main demonstration The protest was staged by a group called Men in Black, which opposes the government‘s measures to stem the coronavirus

Five other protesters were briefly detained following unrest and clashes with police after the main demonstration

The protest was staged by a group called Men in Black, which opposes the government‘s measures to stem the coronavirus