Leader of Dutch Far-Right Party Gets Attacked With Beer Bottle Ahead of Election
Thierry Baudet
Photographer: James Arthur Gekiere/Belga Mag/AFP/Getty Images
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leader of a far-right Dutch populist party was hit on the head with a beer bottle Monday in an attack that took place two days before the Netherlands holds a general election.
Thierry Baudet, leader of Forum for Democracy, was taken to a hospital in the northern city of Groningen after the assault at a local event, the party said in a message on X, formerly Twitter.