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Two AfD metropolis councillors attacked in Karlsruhe
In Karlsruhe, two AfD metropolis councillors had been attacked by masked perpetrators. (Symbolic picture) Photo
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In Karlsruhe, two AfD metropolis councilors had been attacked by masked males with baseball bats. They had been barely injured. The police have quickly arrested 5 individuals.
Two AfD metropolis councillors from Karlsruhe had been attacked by masked perpetrators in entrance of a café within the metropolis centre on Saturday. Three individuals, together with the 2 metropolis councillors, had been barely injured, a police spokesman in Karlsruhe advised the German Press Agency within the night. The three had been handled on web site. The police quickly arrested 5 individuals and launched them after establishing their identities. Other suspected perpetrators fled.
According to the AfD, the town councilors had been attacked with a baseball bat. The police mentioned a stick was discovered on web site. Whether a baseball bat was additionally used might neither be confirmed nor denied, mentioned the police spokesman.
According to the AfD within the Karlsruhe metropolis council, the assault got here from the left-wing radical scene; round ten individuals had been concerned. The police had been initially unable to offer any data on this.
“Only through the courageous intervention of security personnel sitting at the next table was it possible to prevent something worse from happening,” mentioned the AfD in a press release to the Karlsruhe metropolis council within the night.
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