15 to 20 people attacked an AfD election stand.
A party member has to go to the hospital.
The attackers can probably be assigned to the Antifa scene.
But much is still unclear.
Schorndorf - Several people apparently destroyed an AfD stand for the state election in Baden-Württemberg * on Saturday and injured a party member.
The police said the attacks were carried out on the market square in Schorndorf from a group of 15 to 20 people.
Election campaign in Baden-Württemberg: Attack on AfD stand in Schorndorf - attackers from "Antifa scene"
The officials could have assigned the people to the Antifa scene because of flags and banners.
Five participants between the ages of 18 and 25 were provisionally arrested and questioned.
It was initially unclear whether the suspects testified.
The group came to the market square on Saturday morning, where information stands from various parties were, according to a police spokesman.
According to the first information, the attackers tore a 36-year-old AfD member to the ground and beat him.
The man was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
The incident is being investigated.
According to a police spokeswoman on Sunday, further information should not be available until Monday.
The
Stuttgarter Zeitung
had previously
reported.
AfD before state elections in Baden-Württemberg: State vice-president sees attack as a new "low point"
The deputy state chairman of the AfD, Markus Frohnmaier, condemned the act.
The attack was the lowest point of the state election campaign so far.
While in the past mostly posters and information materials were damaged, the violence is now directed against the candidates, explained Frohnmaier.
According to media reports, there was also a second incident in connection with the AfD election campaign in Baden-Württemberg at the weekend.
According to
Reutlinger Generalanzeiger, the
police spoke
of "attacks by several people on the AfD information stand" in the city of Reutlingen.
According to the AfD, alleged “left-wing extremists” tried to “surround” the election stand there.
According to the police, “no criminal acts were known to exist” initially.
A new state parliament will be elected on March 14th *.
(
dpa / fn
) *
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