Two AfD city councilors were attacked by masked assailants in Karlsruhe. Three people were slightly injured. Five people were provisionally arrested by the police.
Two AfD city councillors from Karlsruhe were attacked by masked assailants in front of a café in the city centre on Saturday. Three people, including the two city councillors, were slightly injured, a police spokesman in Karlsruhe told the German Press Agency in the evening. The three were treated on site.
The police temporarily arrested five people and released them after establishing their identities. Other suspected perpetrators fled. According to the AfD, the city councilors were attacked with a baseball bat. The police said a stick was found on site. Whether a baseball bat was also used could neither be confirmed nor denied, said the police spokesman.
AfD speaks of attack from left-wing radical scene
According to the AfD in the Karlsruhe city council, the attack came from the left-wing radical scene; around ten people were involved. The police were initially unable to provide any information on this. “Only the courageous intervention of security personnel sitting at the next table prevented something worse from happening,” said a statement from the AfD in the Karlsruhe city council in the evening.