A German Minister in charge of economy, energy and enterprise, Franziska Giffey of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), has been injured in an attack in a library in the Rudow district of the German capital.
The former Berlin Mayor had to be treated in hospital after a man suddenly hit her head and neck with a bag filled with hard contents
It was the second incident of the day as a 47-year-old Green politician in the eastern city of Dresden was threatened and spat upon as she hung up campaign posters in a separate incident.
Several Politicians in Germany have condemned the attack and restated the commitment of Politicians to a purely democratic debate.
