A Member Of A German Far-Right Party Stabbed And Wounded In Another Attack On A Politician

A member of a German far-right party was stabbed and wounded in the southwestern city of Mannheim, German news agency dpa reported Wednesday, only days after a knife attack killed one police officer and left five other people injured in the same city.

Dpa reported that a candidate with the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, reportedly caught somebody trying to tear down an election poster on Tuesday evening. When he confronted that person, he was attacked with a knife. Dpa reported that the candidate was still in a hospital with non-life-threatening cuts.

The candidate, who was campaigning for Sunday’s local elections in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, where Mannheim is located, was not identified. The attacker was detained, dpa reported.

“We are shocked and dismayed,” local AfD leader, Markus Frohnmaier, told dpa.

Mannheim police confirmed that an incident took place Tuesday night and said they would release more details later, dpa reported.

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