The head of the AfD’s regional branch, Emil Sänze, told AFP that one of his candidates had been attacked after he stopped a person who was trying to remove an election poster on Tuesday evening.
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The German far-right AfD party said on Wednesday June 5 that one of its candidates in a municipal election had been the victim of a knife attack in Mannheim (west), where a previous attack last week during an anti-Islam rally left one dead.
The head of the AfD’s regional branch, Emil Sänze, told AFP that the candidate was attacked after he stopped a person who was trying to remove an election poster on Tuesday evening. Police did not confirm, nor denied this information, simply specifying that it would communicate later.
The victim of the attack, third on the AfD list for the municipal election in Mannheim, a city south of Frankfurt, was seriously injured and was still receiving treatment on Wednesday, the head of the regional branch of the AfD said. the AfD. However, he added that his life was not in danger. According to Emil Sänze, one person was arrested by the police and presented to the judge.
