Several attacks on election campaigners in Berlin reported

Several election campaigners were attacked in Berlin. In the morning the police were called to an AfD information stand in Reinickendorf. A cyclist is said to have pushed a 61-year-old aside and thrown AfD information material onto the rain-soaked ground, the police said. The election worker is said to have been injured in the leg.

The cyclist was detained by a witness. The 32-year-old therefore filed a complaint for coercion. The police state security agency responsible for political crimes has taken over the investigation.

This also applies to other cases in connection with the election campaign: According to the police, an incident occurred at an AfD information stand in Neukölln on Tuesday afternoon. There, a deputy was approached and pushed by a previously unknown man. The perpetrator then walked away from the information stand.

In addition to the attacks, the police recorded a number of property damages against election posters from various parties.

These are not the first attacks in this election campaign. Already on August 20, the German Press Agency, citing the Berlin police, reported a total of six cases of violent crimes against politicians or their representatives. According to police, the AfD was affected in five cases and the Left in one case. In eight cases, election campaigners were also said to have been insulted. According to the figures, the AfD was affected in three cases, Alliance 90/The Greens in two cases, the Left in two other cases and the SPD in one case.

In Berlin, the House of Representatives and the twelve district councils will be elected on September 20th.