German police have shot and wounded a man who injured six people in a knife attack on a rightwing demonstration in the south-western city of Mannheim.
Footage showed a bearded man wearing glasses attacking people in the city’s central Marktplatz.
One of those attacked was reported to be Michael Stürzenberger, a German far-right activist and blogger who had been due to speak at the rally organised by Pax Europa, a rightwing group that says it campaigns against the “increasing spread and influence of political Islam”.
A livestream broadcast from central Mannheim showed Stürzenberger preparing to address a small crowd at the event.
The federal interior minister, Nancy Faeser, a member of the Social Democratic party, said: “If investigations show an Islamist motive behind the attack, that would be yet another confirmation of the great danger posed by Islamist violence, which we have been warning about.”
Stürzenberger, 59, who describes himself as an Islam-critical journalist, has been a member of several far-right anti-Islam organisations including the Pegida movement, which holds regular marches, especially in eastern Germany.
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German police have shot and wounded a man who injured six people in a knife attack on a rightwing demonstration in the south-western city of Mannheim.
Footage showed a bearded man wearing glasses attacking people in the city’s central Marktplatz.
One of those attacked was reported to be Michael Stürzenberger, a German far-right activist and blogger who had been due to speak at the rally organised by Pax Europa, a rightwing group that says it campaigns against the “increasing spread and influence of political Islam”.
A livestream broadcast from central Mannheim showed Stürzenberger preparing to address a small crowd at the event.
The federal interior minister, Nancy Faeser, a member of the Social Democratic party, said: “If investigations show an Islamist motive behind the attack, that would be yet another confirmation of the great danger posed by Islamist violence, which we have been warning about.”
Stürzenberger, 59, who describes himself as an Islam-critical journalist, has been a member of several far-right anti-Islam organisations including the Pegida movement, which holds regular marches, especially in eastern Germany.
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