Voting Process - Interior minister rejects assault on AfD politician in Mannheim.
Spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit offered general comments about the stance of Chancellor Scholz (SPD) regarding the Mannheim incident. According to him, Scholz is not aware of the case beyond what he has read in the media. He noted that violence of this kind is completely unacceptable, referring to recent attacks on local politicians and the killing of a police officer in Mannheim. Hebestreit emphasized that violence has no place in a democracy, where peaceful debates and arguments should be the norm.
In a separate event, the AfD candidate for local elections was injured in Mannheim during a pursuit of a thief who stole an election campaign poster. Police and prosecutors arrested a 25-year-old suspect, reporting that there were signs of a mental illness at the time of the arrest. However, there was no concrete evidence indicating that the suspect was aware that his victim was a member of AfD. The victim's injuries were not severe.
