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SPD parliamentary group: women attacked with knockout drops at festival
A party at the Chancellery is said to have been the scene of the attack with knockout drops (archive photo). Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa
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At a festival of the SPD parliamentary group at the Chancellery, there were apparently attacks on several women with knockout drops. The party speaks of a “monstrous process”.
Several women fell victim to an attack with so-called knockout drops at a summer party of the SPD parliamentary group.
“This is an outrageous event, which we immediately reported to the Bundestag police,” says a letter from SPD parliamentary group leader Mathias Martin to the members of the Bundestag and their employees, from which the “Tagesspiegel” quoted and also the German Press Agency Template. “We recommend that other people affected report this to the police immediately,” it said.
The parliamentary group’s first secretary, Katja Mast, said: “We are all shocked and will do everything in our power to clarify this incredible process.” She also advised those affected to report the crime. The parliamentary group leadership can be contacted at any time by those affected.
The “Tagesspiegel” also quoted from an internal party chat, in which eight people affected were mentioned. A case was confirmed by a test and a complaint was made against unknown persons. There were no further details at first.
The summer party took place on Wednesday at the Chancellery in Berlin. In addition to SPD MPs and employees in the Bundestag and the constituencies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also took part. According to the “Tagesspiegel”, there were around 1,000 guests at the farm festival – significantly fewer than in the past due to the corona pandemic.