Initially, there was talk of an attack on a “political representative”. Finally, the Saxon AfD posted on the X platform that it was the state parliament member Mario Kumpf.
AfD politician Mario Kumpf was physically attacked in a supermarket in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, Saxony. The perpetrator punched the politician in the face in the store early Wednesday afternoon and then went shopping, police said.
Kumpf himself called the police after the attack. Emergency services caught the 53-year-old suspected perpetrator and filed a report of assault. The state security agency has taken over the investigation.
In a press release, the police initially only spoke of a “political elected official”. The Saxon AfD parliamentary group posted on the online platform X on Wednesday evening that it was Kumpf. The police have not yet provided any further information about the exact background to the crime. Kumpf has been a member of the Saxon state parliament since 2019.
Source: Stern
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