German Housing Minister Klara Geywitz and member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke walk in Dresden, Germany, April 20, 2024. Ecke, member of the EU Parliament for the Social Democrats (SPD), standing for re-election next month, was seriously injured while putting up posters in the eastern city of Dresden, the SPD said. The 41-year old was hit and kicked and had to be taken to hospital, the interior ministry of the state of Saxony wrote in a statement. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/ File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Union leaders denounced on Saturday a recent spate of attacks on politicians in Germany, including one that sent a member of the European Parliament to hospital with serious injuries.
Matthias Ecke, 41, a member of Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), was hit and kicked on Friday by a group of four people while putting up posters in Dresden, capital of the eastern state of Saxony, police said. An SPD source said his injuries would require an operation.
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