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German AfD leader Tino Chrupalla assumes that an attack was committed on him a week ago on the sidelines of the election meeting in Ingolstadt (Bavaria). As the “Passauer Neue Presse” reports, he had to be “supported” from the start of the event. The politician is said to have taken selfies and then collapsed. It is unclear what exactly led to Chrupalla’s hospitalization. His office says he suffered a “puncture wound.”
“On the whole, this attack on me can be seen as an attack,” he said at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, where he spoke extensively about the incident for the first time. Chrupalla provided information about a tissue sample he said was taken from the upper arm at the site of the needle puncture previously mentioned in a doctor’s letter.
“Unclear content”
The Ingolstadt public prosecutor’s office also commented on Wednesday. The investigation continued to focus “on the open question of when and how this diagnosed puncture affecting Mr. Chrupalla on his right upper arm occurred during the election campaign on the theater square in Ingolstadt and who caused it,” authorities said.
According to a preliminary doctor’s note from the Ingolstadt Clinic, the right-wing populist was diagnosed with an “intramuscular injection of an unclear substance” in his shoulder. However, no substances were found during toxicological tests. This was reported by the German news agency.
State elections took place in Bavaria last Sunday. The AfD, which is partly right-wing extremist, became the third strongest force in the southern German state with 14.6 percent (+4.4 points). (zis/SDA)
Source: Blick
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