What happened to German far-right party leader Tino Chrupalla? | DW News

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party said co-leader Tino Chrupalla was injured in a "violent incident" at a campaign rally Wednesday in the southern German state of Bavaria. The AfD's national office said Chrupalla had been hospitalized in the city of Ingolstadt, where he had been attending a campaign rally ahead of Sunday's state elections in Bavaria. A brief police statement said Chrupalla had to be given medical treatment backstage at about 4:30 p.m. (1430 UTC) and was then taken to a hospital, but "an obvious injury was not apparent at that time."

A spokeswoman for the Ingolstadt public prosecutor's office told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that investigators were examining a possible case of bodily harm. An AfD spokesman told the German dpa news agency late on Wednesday that Chrupalla's condition was stable and that he would be "under intensive medical surveillance overnight." Further details on the incident were not made available.

Police launched an appeal for witnesses. It called on those who attended the AfD rally to provide photos or videos of the event. A police spokesman said that an investigation would look into whether a third party was involved. The party said he was injured in a "violent incident" happened in a crowd shortly before he was due to speak and had been hospitalized. A brief police statement said Chrupalla had to be given medical treatment backstage and was then taken to a hospital.
The public prosecutor's office is investigating and the police are appealing for witnesses.

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