One of the two leaders of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party was apparently attacked during an election rally of his party in southern Germany and hospitalized.
There are still no full details about the incident, but the Alternative party said Tino Karofele — one of the party's two leaders — was attacked during an election rally in the Bavarian state city of Ingolstadt, where regional elections will be held on Sunday.
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He was seen being transported to a police car that took him to a hospital. Local police gave no further details.
On Tuesday, it was reported that the party's second leader, Alice Weidel, was forced to cancel her appearance at another election convention due to a threat to her safety and the safety of her family. Weidel, a lesbian who is raising two children with her partner, was forced to evacuate her home with her family after security forces informed her that there was an immediate threat to their safety and that information had arrived about an intention to carry out an attack against her and her family.
Alice Weidel, Photo: Reuters
The Alternative for Germany party, which is boycotted by the country's other parties on the grounds that it is a far-right party, has won polls in recent months with record support of between one-fifth and a quarter of Germany's population and would become the country's second-largest party in terms of German voting intentions if general elections were held now. In the past, extreme left-wing elements have used violence against the elected representatives of the "alternative."
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