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| The opposition is under attack: the leader of the Alternative for Germany is in intensive care |
| 2023-10-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gregor Spitzen [REGNUM] The leader of the German opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which most liberal mainstream media prefer to call “right-wing populist” as part of a campaign of stigmatization and smearing) is under medical supervision in the intensive care ward. During an election rally in Bavarian Ingolstadt, Tino Khrupalla lost consciousness and was hospitalized. The event was supposed to take place four days before the elections to the Bavarian Landtag. The incident was initially reported by the Donaukurier and Junge Freiheit newspapers. As Gerald Grostz , a former politician of the FPÖ (right-wing Austrian Freedom Party - editor's note), told Donaukurier, Khrupalla managed to take several selfies, after which he lost consciousness. The politician was given first aid behind the scenes at the election rally, after which he was taken to a nearby clinic. After a medical examination, a small injured area of skin was discovered on the politician’s body, similar to a mark left by a pinprick. According to eyewitnesses, Khrupalla complained of nausea, convulsions and dizziness. On Thursday, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said that a preliminary investigation had been opened into suspicion of causing bodily harm, and a representative of the AfD faction in the Bavarian Landtag said that the incident, due to which the politician lost consciousness, occurred in the crowd shortly before Khrupalla's speech. Police asked visitors who took photos and videos in the area of the event to provide materials to investigators. Although, according to the party press secretary, Khrupalla is feeling well and his condition is “stable according to the circumstances,” this does not fit well with Khrupalla being in the intensive care unit. Tino Chrupalla, a native of Saxony, has been, since June 2022, together with Alice Weidel , a charismatic duo of leaders of the party and parliamentary faction of the AfD, which is equally hated by all the key systemic forces in the German Bundestag. Weidel has also been receiving threats lately. So serious that she canceled a planned public appearance in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on German Unity Day. A party spokesman said there was a “security incident” there the weekend before last. Weidel's husband and their children live in the town of Einsiedeln in central Switzerland, so the security and investigation of the incident was entrusted to the police of the Swiss Confederation. "Mrs. Weidel and her family were taken from a private apartment to safety by security officers as signs of an attack on her family increasingly began to appear, but for police tactical reasons we are unable to provide any further details," a cantonal police spokesman said Schwytz, however, chose not to answer the question of where the tip about the assassination attempt came from, and left open the question of whether specific police activities were ongoing. However, journalists from the German mainstream media have already tried to present the case as if no assassination attempt was planned on Weidel, and the story was invented by the AfD to score election points, while the politician and her family went on vacation to Mallorca. Weidel was indeed in Mallorca with her family, but she flew there on the advice of the police, who advised her to “spend some time away from her home, which was allegedly the target of an attack, without reporting her whereabouts for security reasons.” It is noteworthy that in August, Augsburg city councilor and AfD candidate for the Bavarian Landtag Andreas Jurka was also attacked in Germany. Police are currently searching the residences of two suspects, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old man, for causing dangerous bodily harm. Last week, their apartments were searched and their mobile phones were seized. The mobile phone of one of Andreas Jyrka's associates was also seized. In mid-August, Yurka said that he was attacked because of his party affiliation, but for some reason the police initially had doubts about his version. Faced with such an attitude, Jurka generally refused to further communicate with the police; the AfD leadership also chose to remain silent, citing a reluctance to interfere with the police investigation. However, a little later, a representative of the Augsburg police told reporters that Jyrka’s suspicions were confirmed. According to the investigation, there was a physical altercation, and the deputy received injuries that were inflicted on him by third parties. It is interesting that Yurka said that he was attacked by citizens of a distinct “southern appearance”, but in response to a media request, the police said that the suspects were German citizens, and the question of their migration background was not relevant to the case and such information was not being collected. Police also have not released any possible motives for the suspects. The police report only says that two unknown men approached the politician and his 32-year-old companion in Augsburg and one of them sharply hit Yurka in the face. The politician was wounded, but initially denied the need for medical assistance. Yurka himself said in an interview on YouTube that he and his companion were attacked by several people and knocked to the ground as they returned home from a barbecue party for election campaign staff in Augsburg. The politician suffered a broken foot and was taken to the hospital that same evening. If such attacks on representatives of the Alternative for Germany continue, according to experts, this will only strengthen the ratings of the main political force challenging the German political mainstream. After all, nothing works so well on the average burgher about to go to the ballot box as a portrait of a politician with signs of violence on his body, who has suffered for the interests of his voters. 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