Another German politician is under attack as concerns grow over violence ahead of June’s EU elections

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Berlin politician was violently attacked and suffered injuries to her head and neck in the latest attack on elected officials to raise concerns about rising political violence in Germany, police said Wednesday.

Franziska Giffey, the city’s top economic official, a former mayor and former federal minister, was attacked at an event in a Berlin library on Tuesday by a man who came up from behind and hit her with a bag containing a hard object, according to the police said.