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Once again a politician is attacked. CDU member of the Bundestag Roderich Kiesewetter is slightly injured. The suspected perpetrator is known to him and the police.
Aalen – Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter was attacked by a man at a CDU election stand in Aalen, east of Stuttgart, and was slightly injured. Police said the man pushed and hit him. Kiesewetter suffered minor injuries. He was not given medical treatment at the scene.
The alleged perpetrator fled. Police measures are still ongoing, the spokesman said. However, the man is known to the police. The “Schwäbische Post” was the first to report on this. According to the newspaper, the man is a candidate for the Aalen local council from a party close to the lateral thinkers movement.
The incident occurred at around 9:15 a.m. on the market square in Aalen, police said. The suspected perpetrator is 55 years old. “Nothing is known about the background to the attack,” the statement continued.
Kiesewetter: “Your support gives us strength”
Kiesewetter spoke about the incident on Platform X that evening and thanked everyone for their public sympathy. “I am staying the course, especially in terms of supporting Ukraine,” wrote the Bundestag member. “Your support gives us the strength to continue to stand together for democracy and freedom!”
He had previously told the “Schwäbische Post” that he had been verbally attacked. Then he had been jostled. “I didn’t know who the person was. When I told him to stop, he tore the roof of the campaign stand with him.” He then wanted to take a picture of the man and ran after him. “When he saw that, he hit me and pushed me into a raised bed, also giving me abrasions.” Shortly afterwards, the police came and he offered to drop the complaint if the person in question apologized.” Now, CDU security expert Kiesewetter says he wants to wait and see whether the police can get the man to apologize.
Politicians from other parties show solidarity
Numerous politicians expressed their solidarity with Kiesewetter. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wished him a speedy recovery. “Violence is never acceptable in our democracy and must be punished quickly and harshly,” wrote the SPD politician on the Platform X.
Green Party leader Ricarda Lang, who represents the neighboring constituency of Schwäbisch Gmünd, explained to X: “If one of us is attacked, we all stand together as democrats!” Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) also announced on the platform: “The sad reality is that hardly a day goes by in this election campaign without reports of attacks on people who are committed to democracy. But the fact remains: violence must never win.” Both politicians wished Kiesewetter a speedy recovery. dpa
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