Last night, a candidate of “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) was attacked with a knife in Mannheim, south of Frankfurt.
The German politician, who is running in the local elections, is hospitalized.
Doctors stitched his wounds, and his condition is not considered serious, according to German media reports.
According to AfD spokesperson Emil Zeche, the victim is 62-year-old Heinrich Koch.
He was attacked by three individuals, one of whom stabbed him. The other two fled the scene, reports the German newspaper Bild.
In diesem Video soll der Angriff auf Heinrich Koch, den AfD-Politiker, in Mannheim zu sehen sein. #mannheim #afd pic.twitter.com/nWrUVHxT4w
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In the same area, last Friday, a 25-year-old Afghan man injured a total of six people, including a police officer, at Mannheim’s central market square during an event organized by the anti-Islamist movement Pax Europa (BPE). The 29-year-old police officer succumbed to his injuries after fighting for his life for three days.
The German network N-TV provided detailed coverage of the attack that occurred yesterday.
The incident began when AfD candidate Heinrich Koch saw three men tearing down posters of his party, “Alternative for Germany,” in Mannheim square.
When he approached them, one of the men attacked him with a knife.
The police have arrested the attacker, but have not yet released any information about his identity.
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BREAKING:
AfD politician Heinrich Koch hospitalized after having been stabbed while campaigning in Mannheim, Germany.
A police officer was killed in the same city in an Islamist terror attack just days ago
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Today, Mannheim authorities confirmed that during the police operation, the other two men who were with the attacker vanished. The AfD politician remains hospitalized.
A spokesperson for the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) party claimed that the attack was carried out by left-wing extremists; however, although likely, this information has not yet been confirmed.
