Police examine statements and slogans after AfD demonstration due to attack on students

After a demonstration against youth violence in Frankfurt (Oder) initiated by the AfD, the police are investigating several potentially criminally relevant incidents. A police spokesman said on request that it was about statements made by the leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament, Hans-Christoph Berndt. It was not known what statements were made.

In addition, on the sidelines of the demonstration, young people marched through the streets with slogans. Here too, the police did not provide any further information. Hundreds of people took part in the rally.

In Frankfurt, ten young people between the ages of 13 and 15 brutally kicked and hit a student in front of a high school on Wednesday - including in the head and when he was already on the ground. According to the police, they are children and young people of German, Polish, Russian and Syrian nationality.

They filmed their actions and distributed the video over the Internet, which caused astonishment. The AfD spoke of “migrant violence”.

The CDU Frankfurt (Oder) accused the AfD of creating a mood and emphasized on Instagram that there is no “collective guilt” and that many young people with a migrant background are well integrated: “AfD demos don’t help anyone.”

A planned security conference on October 27th in Frankfurt (Oder) and discussions with those affected are the right way.

Several recent attacks by youth groups also caused horror in Potsdam. Brandenburg's Interior Minister Jan Redmann (CDU) spoke of suspected migrant youth groups. The CDU also pointed out that many young people with a migrant background are well integrated.