An AfD state parliamentarian in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was the victim of a violent assault outside his home, in what police are treating as a potentially politically motivated attack.
Michael Meister, AfD member of the state parliament and direct candidate for Rostock, was attacked in the early hours of Thursday morning by two unknown men.
According to his account and initial police statements, the assailants approached him on a parking lot near his residence, insulted him with anti-AfD slurs, and then stabbed or cut him with a sharp object.
Meister suffered a serious arm injury and used his own T-shirt to stem the bleeding.
He contacted police himself shortly after the incident.
The Rostock police and the state security department are investigating the case as a serious crime with possible political motivation.
Officers described the use of a “pointed object” and are treating the assault with high priority.
A claim of responsibility reportedly appeared on the left-wing platform Indymedia shortly after the attack.
While such posts are often difficult to verify immediately, police are examining it as part of their investigation.
Some left-leaning voices and online commentators attempted to downplay or mock the incident, with claims circulating that the bloodied T-shirt shown by Meister and the AfD was a cheap item bought from Temu.
These allegations were later debunked as involving manipulated screenshots.
The AfD clarified in a video that the shirt was the one Meister used to bandage his wound immediately after the attack.
The attack on Meister is the latest in a series of violent incidents targeting AfD politicians and representatives in Germany.
Official statistics have repeatedly shown AfD members facing the highest number of politically motivated attacks among all parties in several recent reporting periods.
Police and prosecutors are continuing their investigation.
No arrests have been reported so far.
German authorities conducted searches at the private residence and parliamentary office of René Dierkes, a state lawmaker from the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. https://t.co/MyF1VOQI70
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