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Damaged window at Marco Wanderwitz's constituency office in Zwönitz
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In Zwönitz, Saxony, a window in the constituency office of the CDU member of the Bundestag Marco Wanderwitz was damaged.
The investigations would indicate the use of pyrotechnics, said a spokesman for the Chemnitz police department on Saturday evening.
The damage was found on New Year's Day, and a report was received for damage to property.
The police did not initially provide any further details; the background was unclear.
The newspaper "Freie Presse" had previously reported.
From 2020 until the most recent change of government, Wanderwitz was the federal government's Eastern Commissioner.
Solidarity from colleagues from several parties
Politicians from several parties commented on the incident on Twitter and some of them spoke of an attack.
CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak expressed his "full solidarity".
“There is no justification for it.
This attack is not a form of protest, it is simply criminal, «he writes.
The political federal manager of the Greens, Michael Kellner, tweeted: »Full # solidarity with my colleague Marco @wanderwitz.
Violence has no place in the democratic debate. "
Carsten Schneider (SPD), the successor of Wanderwitz as Eastern Representative, wrote: »This attack on @wanderwitz's office is further evidence of the radicalization and disinhibition of parts of the population.
It is not an isolated case either, but has now become a sad method. "
Karl Lauterbach's constituency office also attacked
On New Year's Eve, a pane of the Cologne constituency office was thrown in by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD).
In the case, the state security investigates.
Lauterbach told the dpa news agency that he assumed that the attack on his office was carried out from among the ranks of radicalized vaccine opponents and corona deniers.
On December 10, the office had already been smeared with slogans such as "Minister of Illness", "Murderer" and "Psycho Lauterbach".
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