In Bautzen, Left Party campaign workers have once again been attacked. Late on Tuesday afternoon, a youth hit a party member who was looking after an information stand in the face with his fist, the party announced. There are currently no known health consequences. The police have received a report of bodily harm, as confirmed by a spokesperson.
According to the party, a group of young people and a man had previously mobbed the five-member team running the stand and thrown firecrackers at them, one of which exploded. According to the party, the attackers were clearly from the far-right scene. The police who were called initially defused the situation by sending them off.
The police announced that state security had begun an investigation into the incident. It involved a group of six people, including a 19-year-old who was identified as the alleged suspect. Investigations are underway into attempted bodily harm and threats, among other things.
Left party chairmen see "worrying development"
"The attack shows a worrying development: known right-wing extremist groups are daring to express their hatred and violence more and more openly, despite being known to the police," said Susanne Schaper and Stefan Hartmann, the state chairmen of the Left Party. They could only speak of luck that no one was seriously injured.
During the parliamentary election campaign, there had already been several attacks on Left Party campaigners in Saxony. In mid-January, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old insulted MP Sören Pellmann and his wife while putting up posters in Leipzig. Other teams in Dresden and Görlitz were also threatened and insulted, and in one case eggs were thrown. There was also an attack on an information stand in Dresden at the end of January.
"As leftists, we will not be intimidated despite the attacks," said Schaper and Hartmann. They demanded clear consequences. They would not tolerate the democratic election campaign being targeted by violent neo-Nazis.
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