Saxony-Anhalt
Driver hits Green MPs and journalists during road blockade
Sebastian Striegel from the Greens in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament
© Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / DPA
A driver in Halle avoided a last-generation road block. He paid little attention to two men who were on the sidewalk as observers. The police are looking for the perpetrator.
Serious incident in a last-generation action: On Monday in Halle, a driver hit the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament member Sebastian Striegel from the Green Party and a press representative as he drove around a road block on the footpath. According to a reporter from the German Press Agency, both were standing there Men not far from the sit-in. A driver tried to use this to avoid the blockade. Striegel and the local journalist were injured. The Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) had previously reported.
According to police, both men suffered minor injuries. The driver fled. The officers also searched for him around three hours after the blockade began, according to a police spokesman. Accordingly, the blockade consisted of a total of six demonstrators, four of whom clung to the street.
Sebastian Striegel is “okay”
Green Party politician Striegel also confirmed the accident to dpa. He said he was shocked. Under the circumstances he was doing “okay”. “I will have a medical examination,” said Striegel.
According to the Green Party press office, the politician was there as a parliamentary observer. “Whether it’s farmers’ protests or meetings for climate protection: no one has to share the concerns of the protesters. But what remains crucial is: no violence,” explained Striegel. He was horrified by the brutalization of some people that emerged from the incident. It becomes “a danger to the life and limb of demonstrators and bystanders.”