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High-profile politician sprayed with liquid as Germany gears up for key state elections – Europe live

High-profile politician sprayed with liquid as Germany gears up for key state elections – Europe live

Sahra Wagenknecht, whose alliance opposes Nato and military aid for Ukraine, said she was ‘scared but fine’ after incident in Erfurt

My colleague Deborah Cole has written a preview of this weekend’s elections in Saxony and Thuringia, looking at how the far-right AfD and the alliance founded by Sahra Wagenknecht – the politician who was attacked with liquid on Thursday – could spell an upheaval of the political landscape in Germany. You can read the full piece here:

The DPA news agency reports that German security authorities have warned of “unconventional incendiary devices” sent via freight service providers.

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