Danish minister deeply touched and
Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau/TT

Danish minister deeply touched and angry after fatal beating of Swedish man at Copenhagen World Cup event

Danish Justice Minister Nicolai Wammen is "deeply touched and angry" after the fatal beating of a Swedish man in connection with a World Cup event in Copenhagen.

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Wammen calls Tuesday's incident "terrible and senseless" in a written comment to the Ritzau news agency.

"My thoughts and deepest condolences go to the relatives," he continues.

On Saturday, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen also spoke out about the incident.

"I am filled with sadness and anger that a young Swedish man has lost his life in Copenhagen during what should have been a peaceful World Cup event. May the guilty be judged harshly and fairly," he wrote on X.

The suspected perpetrator turned himself in to police on Friday. He denies the crime. The victim was a Swedish police officer who was on vacation.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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