Right-wing radical attack on SPD members in Lichterfelde shakes city!

Right-wing radical attack on SPD members in Lichterfelde shakes city!

In a shocking incident in Berlin, members of the SPD were attacked by alleged right -wing radicals. The attack occurred on Kranoldplatz in the Lichterfelde district when the SPD stand of around 60 attackers were besieged, which were on the way to a right march in Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg, as the B.Z. reported. An SPD association member was thrown to the ground and brutally kicked in the stomach and face, while the police arrested five suspected attackers and brought them to the prison collection point. Mobilized by the incident, the chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Carolyn MacMillan, expressed her shock about the violence that was directed against the basic democratic values.

tensions and counter -demonstrations

The attack occurred after a verbal argument with the SPD members, who turned into physical violence. The district chair Ruppert Stüwe named the attackers as "Nazis" and criticized the fact that the election campaign in this region was initiated by such attacks by extremist groups. The police confirmed that the attackers had traveled from another federal state to support the march of right -wing extremists, while at the same time causing several thousand counter -demonstrators to protest against the rights demo. According to reports of the time, between 2,500 and 3,000 people were gathered to raise their voice against the deployment, which led to riots in which police officers were also injured.

The police operational team reacted quickly to control the situation. A total of 20 incidents of freedom -restricting measures were registered, including because of the showing of unconstitutional symbols. While the right -wing extremist march, whose originally planned route led through polarized areas such as Rigaer Straße, was shortened several times, the police saw the use of violence as disproportionate and ended the demonstration to prevent a larger collision. The entire situation remains tense, while the investigation of the state security has already started to clarify the background of the incident.