AfD boss in the hospital
According to the spokesman, Chrupalla has investigated the “puncture site” – the public prosecutor’s office
Watch the video: Tino Chrupalla will “continues to be treated in intensive care“ – Reporter gives an update on the condition of the AfD leader. Video source: n-tv.de
AfD party leader Tino Chrupalla was actually supposed to give a speech in the Bavarian state election campaign in Ingolstadt. But then he was taken to the hospital. What exactly happened is unclear – the public prosecutor’s office is now investigating
In the case of AfD chairman Tino Chrupalla, a possible criminal offense is being investigated. An investigation has been initiated on suspicion of bodily harm, a spokeswoman for the Ingolstadt public prosecutor’s office told the AFP news agency on Thursday. Chrupalla had to cancel an election campaign event in Ingolstadt on Wednesday and was taken to a clinic. When asked, an AfD party spokesman said: “There is a stitch.” However, he cannot specify this further at the moment.
Tino Chrupalla, chairman of the AfD (archive photo): After a “medical incident” at an election campaign event in Bavaria, the 48-year-old is in a hospital in Ingolstadt
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The spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office did not want to comment, but announced that further information about the case would be announced later in the morning. An unknown person is being investigated. According to the party spokesman, Chrupalla is “being treated in intensive care” and “has canceled all appointments today.” It will be decided on Friday how long he still needs to be treated. Bavaria’s AfD state leader Stephan Protschka assumes that Chrupalla will be out of the final spurt of the election campaign. “I actually would have had a joint appearance with him in Lower Bavaria on Saturday,” Protschka told the German Press Agency. “As things stand, he probably won’t be able to make any more appearances until the election.” According to a spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group, Chrupalla’s participation in the election party in Munich on Sunday evening is also in jeopardy.
Police have no evidence of an attack
On Wednesday, the police said: “In order to clarify the detailed circumstances of this medical incident, further investigations were carried out by the Ingolstadt criminal police station.” The police want to investigate whether third parties could be responsible for the incident. But there is no evidence of an attack. Police asked visitors who took photos or videos around the event to make them available to investigators.
In Bavaria, the state parliament will be elected on Sunday. The Saxon Chrupalla has been at the head of the AfD for almost four years. He initially led the party together with Jörg Meuthen, who left the AfD at the beginning of 2022. Chrupalla and Alice Weidel have been the party’s leadership duo since June 2022. You are also chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group.
AfD leader Weidel also canceled her appearance
Weidel is also currently making headlines with a canceled election campaign appearance. The AfD co-chair had forgone a planned public meeting in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on Tuesday, German Unity Day. A spokesman said there had been a “security-related incident” the weekend before last. “Mrs Weidel and her family were taken from their private apartment to a safe place by security authorities because there had been increasing evidence that pointed to an attack on her family,” he said when asked. A spokesman for the Schwyz police in central Switzerland confirmed to broadcaster SRF on Wednesday that a police operation in this matter would take place on September 23rd. He did not want to say anything about the nature of the operation.
It was announced on Wednesday that Weidel is currently in Mallorca. Her spokesman Daniel Tapp confirmed a “Spiegel” report that Weidel was seen in a beach restaurant on Tuesday, German Unity Day, in a town on the east coast of Mallorca, together with her partner. “After the event on September 23rd, which was very upsetting for the entire family, she and her partner and children followed the recommendation to stay away from their home environment for some time, which was a suspected target of the attack,” said Tapp.
At the event in Mödlareuth, a speaker claimed that Weidel was in a so-called safe house and was not allowed to leave it at the moment. According to her spokesman, this is not correct. When asked how the stay in Mallorca fit in with an impression that might have arisen from the video message that there was currently a threat to Weidel on German Unity Day, Tapp said: “It’s probably hard to imagine what it’s like for a family if you have to leave your home under police protection.” This prompted Weidel to “spend a few days with her family in peace and relative seclusion.” Weidel has been in Mallorca since Sunday and wants to return in the next few days.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated several times.