Scholz’s ally attacked in library amid political violence in Germany

A Berlin senator, a leading figure in Olaf Scholz’s SPD party, was attacked in a library, the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in Germany.

Franziska Giffey, a former mayor of Berlin, was hospitalized after a man hit her in the head and neck with a bag containing something hard and then ran away. She was later released. The Police State Protection Service, which deals with politically motivated crime, has started an investigation.

In a statement on social media, Giffey condemned a “fair game culture in which politically active and committed people in our country are increasingly exposed to seemingly justified and acceptable attacks.”

Thousands of Berliners demonstrated for democracy over the weekend amid a series of attacks

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In another incident on Tuesday, Green Party politician Yvonne Mosler was jostled