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2021-08-09T09:29:27.515Z


Actually, Fabio Scharfenberg-Reinhardt only wanted to hang up posters, but then the Green politician was physically attacked. At Merkur.de he describes the attack.


Actually, Fabio Scharfenberg-Reinhardt only wanted to hang up posters, but then the Green politician was physically attacked.

At Merkur.de he describes the attack.

Berlin - The election campaign for the upcoming federal election is entering the decisive phase.

Since Sunday (August 8th) the parties have been allowed to hang up their official election posters.

In doing so, they are dependent on a number of voluntary election workers who put up the likeness of the top candidates on lanterns and information boards in the villages and towns of the Federal Republic of Germany.

On the first night of the poster, however, attacks were carried out on party helpers.

(With our brand new politics newsletter you will always stay up to date on the final spurt towards the federal election.)

Bundestag election: Green politician attacked with beer bottle - "rapid escalation"

"Last night and last night there were several incidents in which people who put up election posters were attacked," said the Berlin police on Sunday. One of those affected is Fabio Scharfenberg-Reinhardt. The former Berlin MP, who used to be a member of the Pirate Party and is now a member of the Greens, also wanted to put up posters on Saturday evening. He was attacked so severely that he had to be treated in hospital.

“We were in a group of four in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg,” explains Scharfenberg-Reinhardt when

asked

by

Merkur.de

.

“A colleague of mine was harassed while a poster was hanging up and the poster was torn down.

Meanwhile I was gone for a moment to get a ladder.

On the way back I saw the poster and asked two people whether they had seen anything. "

At that time, the native of North Rhine-Westphalia did not know that his two interlocutors were responsible for removing the poster.

Then the situation suddenly came to a head: “The result was a quick escalation and a blow with a beer bottle.” The 40-year-old made the consequences of the attack public on Twitter, the beer bottle hit him in the face.

Guys, be careful when you go posters.

The nerves are apparently a bit bare.

# agh21 pic.twitter.com/HwUgyi2abb

- 🔴🔴🔴 Fabio Reinhardt🦠😷❗️ (@ Enigma424) August 7, 2021

Bundestag election: attack on Green election workers - "the doctor said that I was very lucky"

Scharfenberg-Reinhardt received medical treatment in the hospital.

The doctor's letter says about the diagnosis: “A small laceration on the lower lip.

Wound about three millimeters in length and a maximum of two millimeters deep. ”The Green politician, who belongs to the district association Berlin-Lichtenberg, is doing well under the circumstances.

“The wound is painful but is likely to heal.

The doctor said that I was very lucky, ”he told

Merkur.de

.

State security began the investigation on Saturday evening. The perpetrator, a man around 40 years old, was able to escape. Scharfenberg-Reinhardt cannot explain why the man acted so aggressively. However, he is convinced that the attack was not directed against him as a person, but against the party. “My impression is that the aggressiveness is increasing sharply.” Even with such simple matters as hanging up posters, a privilege of the parties that is indispensable for a fair election campaign. "It is absolutely intolerable that the actual principle of democracy is called into question."

The former spokesman for integration, migration and refugee policy in the Berlin House of Representatives does not want to be intimidated. Scharfenberg-Reinhardt was already on the road again on Sunday to put up posters. "It is also important to me to set an example and that the perpetrator does not get his way."

(As)

Source: merkur

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