Tehran has denounced the Danish authorities for what it says were too late to intervene. He claims that the target of the arrested suspect was the country’s ambassador
An Iranian armed with a knife was arrested at the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen, Danish police announced tonight.
Tehran maintains that the suspect’s target was the country’s ambassador and criticized her delayed intervention of the police authorities.
The attacker, holding a knife, “entered the embassy, ​​spread terror (…) and damaged the cars in the parking lot,” the ambassador said. Asfaneh Nadipur in a statement.
🚨🇮🇷🇩🇰 Footage shows a knife-wielding protester trying to get into the #Iranian embassy in Copenhagen, #Denmark. He was brutally attacked by Embassy staff. pic.twitter.com/w3NhyNXl1u
— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) October 7, 2022
According to the Copenhagen police, it is one 32 year old Iranian who “infiltrated the embassy compound, holding a knife”. An embassy worker saw him before he could reach the building.
Iran’s foreign ministry has denounced the Danish authorities for what it says were too late to intervene. “It is sad that in the heart of Europe such an attack took place against a woman and an ambassador who has diplomatic immunity and the police were not on the scene in time,” he said. According to Al-Alam TV channel, the ministry summoned the Danish ambassador in Tehran to deliver a protest note.
The suspect will be brought before a judge tomorrow. The police said that after this incident they “took the necessary security measures” for the embassy and its employees.
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