The police seized evidence, cell phones, clothing. Three days after the attack, four men were identified as having beaten Matthias Ecke. And there are indications that right-wing sentiments could play a role.
If it’s safe anywhere, it’s probably here. Anne-Katrin Haubold still remembers how this thought flashed through her head at some point when everything was over. She lives right around the corner, wide streets, old buildings, a nice neighborhood. On Friday evening, however, the picture she had of the Dresden district of Striesen began to show deep cracks. It was billboard night, that’s what the election campaigners call the evening on which they really kick off every election campaign. Members of all parties are out and about, competing to see who gets the best lantern spot. Tradition, a nice competition between democratic competitors. Haubold is with the Greens. She had set out with a party friend on Schandauer Strasse, she on one side of the street, another two-man team on the other.