German far-right politician Frank Magnitz has been beaten up and severely injured in an attack seen by police as politically motivated. The attackers knocked him unconscious with a piece of wood and kicked him in the head, AfD officials said. Mr Magnitz, 66, had just left a new year reception in Bremen's Kunsthalle art museum when he was attacked in the city's Goetheplatz as he walked to a central car park. Speaking from hospital on Tuesday, Mr Magnitz said he had little memory of what happened. AfD entered the national parliament (Bundestag) for the first time last year with 94 seats and now has representatives in every German state parliament.

Source: The Star January 08, 2019 15:11 UTC