German chancellor says attacks are ‘outrageous and cowardly’ after politicians have been hit and injured in Germany
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has strongly condemned a rash of attacks on politicians after a senator and former mayor of Berlin was struck over the head in a public library in the third assault on an elected official in less than a week.
Franziska Giffey, a member of Scholz’s centre-left Social Democratic party (SPD) was slightly injured and briefly hospitalised after a man hit her from behind with a bag containing an unidentified hard object on Tuesday. Police have arrested a 74-year-old male suspect.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/olaf-scholz-condemns-attacks-on-politicians-after-third-assault-in-a-week
Author : Jon Henley Europe correspondent and agencies
Publish date : 2024-05-08 16:02:09
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