Suspect's profile image showed a swastika symbol.

Eco-activist assailed - Suspect's profile image showed a swastika symbol.

A man who allegedly attacked a Green Party politician in Göttingen has been found to have used Nazi symbols in the past. Last July, he was fined a total of 900 euros for displaying a Reichsadler with a swastika in a wreath in his WhatsApp profile picture, as the prosecutor revealed on Thursday. The "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" had previously reported this.

Marie Kollenrott, a Lower Saxony state parliamentarian, was hurt and assaulted during a campaign event in the Göttingen city center on Saturday. The suspect assaulted her multiple times in the upper body. Kollenrott sustained bruises on one arm, she said. The police quickly apprehended the alleged attacker near the crime scene. The authorities are now examining the case for potential political crimes.

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1. It was revealed that the suspect, who is under investigation for assaulting a Green Party politician in Göttingen, had previously been fined for using a Swastika symbol in his WhatsApp profile picture.
2. Marie Kollenrott, a member of Alliance 90/The Greens in Lower Saxony, was attacked during a campaign event in Göttingen, with the suspect using Nazi symbols in his past, as reported by the 'Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung'.
3. The alleged attacker, who assaulted Green Party politician Marie Kollenrott in Göttingen, was known to have used a Swastika symbol in his online profile picture, leading to a fine of 900 euros last July.
4. The Swastika symbol, a prominent Nazi symbol, was used by the suspect in his WhatsApp profile picture, adding a political dimension to the case of the assault on Green Party politician Marie Kollenrott in Göttingen.

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