German police cast doubt on details of attack on rightwing politician
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Source: The Guardian
German police cast doubt on details of attack on rightwing politician
Footage appears to contradict assertions that Frank Magnitz, from Alternative für Deutschland, was beaten
Kate Connolly in Berlin
Wed 9 Jan 2019 15.16 GMT
German police and prosecutors have questioned some of the claims made by a rightwing populist politician who suffered an attack that left him with serious head injuries.
Police say video footage casts doubt on assertions by Frank Magnitz that he was beaten with a wooden instrument by attackers who only stopped assaulting him when two passersby intervened.
Magnitz, 66, the head of Alternative für Deutschland in the city state of Bremen, was hospitalised on Monday evening after being attacked by strangers.
The AfD claimed he had been knocked to the ground with a wooden instrument before being beaten around the head.
Jörg Meuthen, the partys federal chairman, posted a photograph on Twitter on Tuesday, showing the MP, apparently unconscious, with a deep gash to his head and a bruised face, and calling the attack an assassination attempt.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/german-police-cast-doubt-on-details-of-attack-on-rightwing-politician-frank-magnitz