Mannheim Knife Attack: AfD Politician Injured in Violent Incident

A local politician from the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was injured in a knife attack in Mannheim. The incident follows a recent stabbing at an anti-Islam demonstration. The injured politician is currently hospitalized, and the perpetrator is suspected to be a radical leftist activist.

A local politician from the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was injured in a knife attack in Mannheim late on Tuesday, the German news agency dpa reported on Wednesday.

The incident comes just days after another stabbing attack at an anti-Islam demonstration in which a policeman was killed. The knifeman was detained shortly after the incident at around 20:45 GMT on Tuesday, dpa said.

The local AfD branch said that the injured politician is in hospital and that the perpetrator might be a radical leftist activist, according to dpa. Local police declined to comment and the local AfD office did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.