Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Andreas Jurca was rushed to hospital after being brutally attacked in Bavaria as Germany’s political and media establishment – including the country’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier – continued demonizing his party as “far right” and threatening to ban them.
The campaign of dehumanization from Germany’s political classes appears to be paying off, with AfD politicians now being routinely attacked or smeared. Romanian-born Jurca was left with two black eyes, scratches, multiple other bruises, crutches, and a leg brace. He claims to have been approached by two “foreign males” before being punched and kicked to the ground as the men shouted “f***ing Nazi.”
Jurca announced that the assault would only encourage him to redouble his political efforts in an interview after the event. The Bavarian police have subsequently launched an investigation on suspicion of dangerous bodily injury.
This is not the first instance of an AfD politician being assaulted. Frank Magnitz, former leader of AfD Bremen, was beaten almost to death by left-wing activists in 2019. Since then, anti-AfD rhetoric has only risen following the party’s increase in popularity.
De #AFD staat op flinke winst maar wordt in Duitsland door o.a de zittende coalitie en media gedemoniseerd.
‘AFD politicus Andreas Jurca in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag 12 augustus door migranten afgeranseld’
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