In June 2020, Paludan held a demonstration in Aarhus, when a 52-year-old man pulled out a knife entered the cordoned-off area and ran towards Paludan. Police fired a warning shot but the assailant did not lay down his weapon whereupon police open fired and wounded the assailant in the leg.[15] In the aftermath, there was unrest in the area: police were hit by fireworks, and rocks were thrown by other assailants in the Gellerup area of Aarhus.[16]