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In Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, two right-wing extremists threatened and beat a local politician from the satirical party “The Party”. As police reported Monday, 32-year-old Maximilian Hahn was punched in the face in the Sunday night incident on a street. There were several police cars there. A suspect was arrested. Criminal proceedings have been started.
According to information from the Braunschweig district association “The Party”, the attackers were a group of sympathizers of the far-right party “Dierechte”. Hahn, a local councilor and party leader, was recognized by them in front of a bar and then threatened, pushed and kicked. Passersby interfered. The police were there very quickly and recorded the personal data.
According to the “Braunschweiger Zeitung”, the police did not initially confirm the involvement of the “Dierechte” members in the incident. As the newspaper also reports, the right-wing micro-party has recently appeared more and more with information booths and public demonstrations.
“The openly aggressive behavior of the Nazis is terrifying,” “The Party” said in a press release. Acts like that were scary, especially since it wasn’t the first threat. But you won’t be intimidated. The courageous intervention of the witnesses shows how courageous civil society is in Braunschweig, the message continues, that the Nazis have nothing to do there, “not even when they are drunk at night in the streets of bars. The satirical party again and again takes a stand against right-wing extremism.
