AfD candidate hit with knife –

A candidate of the far-right AfD social gathering for town council of Mannheim, western Germany, was stabbed final evening. The Dpa company realized this from safety sources, in response to whom the suspected attacker has been arrested. The incident occurred close to the market sq. within the Rheinau space. In keeping with the AfD, the candidate suffered cuts and remains to be in hospital. The knife assault arose from an argument between the person and an individual who was stealing an election poster.

For the far-right social gathering, which pointed the finger at far-left militants, two different folks concerned within the assault managed to flee. “We’re shocked and disturbed,” commented Markus Frohnmaier, regional president of the AfD. The assault follows the demise of a German police officer, who was stabbed throughout an anti-Islam rally in the identical metropolis final week.