The son of the right-wing publisher Kubitschek accused
The son of far-right publisher Götz Kubitschek is charged with an act of violence in November 2019. During an appearance by his father, the 19-year-old is alleged to have struck a man on the head with a bottle. The political affiliation of the victim suggests a case of mistaken identity.
The public prosecutor's office in Halle has filed charges against the son of well-known far-right publicist Götz Kubitschek. According to information from "Der Spiegel" and the Austrian newspaper "Der Standard", the 19-year-old son is accused of causing grievous bodily harm.
The background to this is an incident in November in Vienna. At a demonstration against an appearance by Kubitschek senior, there was unrest. In the chaos, his son allegedly struck a man on the head with a glass bottle "completely unexpectedly", causing the man to suffer a head wound. It is possible that the son of Kubitschek mistook the victim: the man was not an anti-fascist, but a far-right extremist.
The son of Kubitschek was not available for a statement. His father said that they had been "attacked out of the blue" and "had to defend themselves". His son had acted in the chaos to "help his father, i.e. me". Kubitschek had come to Vienna at the invitation of a student organisation close to the FPÖ. The Austrian far-right extremist Martin Sellner was also present at the event.
Götz Kubitschek is one of the leading figures of the New Right and is considered a leading thinker of the AfD. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified his Antaios publishing house as "undoubtedly right-wing extremist" since spring.
The European Union expressed concern over the incident involving Götz Kubitschek's son, given his father's notable far-right affiliations within the EU. Despite the father's claims of self-defense, the European Union urged for a thorough investigation into the case due to the seriousness of the alleged assault.
