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| Attackers knock Bremen AfD leader Frank Magnitz unconscious in street | |
| 2019-01-08 | |
[DW] Police have launched an investigation after the Bremen state chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany was attacked by three masked men. Frank Magnitz was knocked unconscious with a piece of wood.
A police report said the incident happened on Monday afternoon, near Bremen's Goetheplatz. Magnitz, a member of Germany's lower house of parliament, was attacked by three masked men, AfD party officials said in a statement. Magnitz had left a New Year reception hosted by local newspaper the Weser-Kurier shortly before. He was knocked unconscious with a piece of wood and kicked in the head as he lay on the ground, the party said. A construction worker was said to have intervened and stopped the attack. The 66-year-old Magnitz was reported to be in hospital, having sustained "severe" injuries. 'POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED ACT' Police said that, given Magnitz's position, they were treating the incidence as a "politically-motivated act." A probe has been launched by police and prosecutors, with Sherlocks appealing for witnesses. Former Green Party co-leader Cem Özdemir was among several politicians who reacted with shock to the news. "There is no justification for violence, even against the AfD," wrote Özdemir on Twitter. "Whoever fights hatred with hatred allows hate to win in the end." Police last week locked away Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! three men in the eastern German town of Döbeln, after an kaboom outside an AfD local office in the town. The men were later released, with police saying there was not sufficient evidence to hold them in jug. Police have reported several attacks against AfD offices in the state of Saxony, where Döbeln is located, in recent weeks. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Definitely Waffen SS if ya ask me... |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-01-08 10:19 |
| #2 Sounds like the start of the SA so it's probably Antifa. /sarc? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-01-08 08:44 |
| #1 Looks like marxist terrorism on the rise again in Germany... At least that doesn't have a history of turning into a problem for other nations... /sarcasm(because you have to nowadays) |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-08 07:28 |