The Federal Criminal Police Office has issued a warning - out of concern about attacks on politicians before the upcoming federal election.
Wiesbaden - The federal election is approaching, the election campaign is in full swing - and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) warns of an increased risk situation for politicians.
The BKA is deploying more personal protection out of concern about assaults.
A recent tweet by CDU politician Torbjörn Kartes fits into this picture.
He tweeted on Friday: “At the election stand today I was called a bastard and a murderer, yelled at and followed up to my car.
Normally on the Internet for a long time, we are now experiencing this on the street.
Take care of yourself! ”SPD politician Thomas Hitschler responded to the tweet and wrote:“ That really can't be true.
Full solidarity!
Have @bka and @PP_Rheinpfalz already reacted? “Kartes then states that both offices have been informed.
Federal election 2021: BKA expects more dangers for politicians
The measures “in this year's Bundestag election campaign were higher in terms of logistics and personnel, depending on the situation”, the BKA announced on Friday in Wiesbaden. The reason for this is an individual and detailed risk assessment. The BKA did not provide any details. The
editorial network Germany
reported first
. According to information from the
RND
, the Federal Criminal Police Office currently employs well over 500 police officers in personal protection. A decade ago, the number was significantly lower. The BKA did not provide any information on the number of forces deployed.
Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier said to
the
RND
: “One must assume that there is a high risk for politicians. We take this very seriously. ”He made the connection to threats from the ranks of the AfD and the lateral thinker milieu. “They create a climate that is worrying because they keep talking about dictatorship,” says Maier. He also pointed out that so-called “lateral thinkers” had already visited politicians at home, such as the Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU).
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) and Constitutional Protection President Thomas Haldenwang had already warned of cyber attacks * and physical attacks on politicians.
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