AfD federal chairman Tino Chrupalla was taken to hospital on the sidelines of a campaign rally in Ingolstadt. According to the party, there was an “assault incident,” which is why Chrupalla was taken to the clinic. Chrupalla’s health condition is “still being clarified.”
The Ingolstadt police announced in the evening that the Bundestag member had to receive medical care on the theater square behind the stage before his speech began, “although no obvious injury was apparent at that time.” says a press release. “In order to clarify the details of this medical incident, further investigations were carried out by the Ingolstadt Criminal Investigation Department.” A police spokesman said they wanted to investigate whether third parties could be responsible for the incident. But there is no evidence of an attack. First he had Danube Courier reported about the incident.
The 48-year-old Chrupalla has been at the head of the AfD for almost four years – initially with Jörg Meuthen, and since June 2022 together with Alice Weidel. Weidel had already forgone a planned public appearance in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on Tuesday.