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AfD federal chairman Tino Chrupalla was taken to hospital during an AfD election rally in Ingolstadt. Ingolstadt police said in a press release that the Bundestag member had to receive medical care backstage before his speech began. He was then taken to a hospital, “although no obvious injuries were visible at the time,” police continued. The police are now taking over the investigation.

According to his office, Chrupalla is being monitored in intensive care. “He is stable given the circumstances and will be monitored in intensive care overnight,” a spokesperson told the German news agency late on Wednesday evening. Chrupalla is approachable. If asked, this is all that can currently be published about it, he added.

A police spokesperson says the police want to investigate whether third parties could be responsible for the incident. But there is no evidence of an attack. That is the current status of the investigation. The AfD’s federal office had spoken of an “attack incident” against Chrupalla.

Visitors “who have taken photos or videos in the area surrounding the above-mentioned event are requested to make them available to the police.”

State elections in Bavaria on Sunday

The state parliament will be elected in Bavaria on Sunday. A spokesman for the Bavarian AfD faction said Chrupalla should have given a speech in Ingolstadt. Shortly before, an incident occurred in a crowd. Chrupalla was then taken to hospital. The spokesman in Munich said he could say nothing more at this time.

The “Donaukurier” reported that the party leader was taken to a police car for the first time shortly after his arrival at Theaterplatz in Ingolstadt. An ambulance then took him to a clinic.

At the top of the AfD for four years

The 48-year-old Saxon Chrupalla has been head of the AfD for almost four years. He initially led the party together with Jörg Meuthen, who left the AfD in early 2022. Chrupalla and Alice Weidel have been the party’s leadership duo since June 2022. You are also chairman of the AfD faction.

Weidel had canceled a planned public appearance in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on Tuesday, German Unity Day. A spokesperson said a “safety-related incident” had occurred over the weekend. “Ms Weidel and her family were taken from their private apartment to a safe place by security authorities as mounting evidence pointed to an attack on her family,” he said when asked.