German news agency dpa is reporting that prosecutors have said that testimony from witnesses hasn’t revealed any indication so far that a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was assaulted at an election rally. Tino Chrupalla was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria on Wednesday. Chrupalla’s party known by its German acronym AfD said at the time that he was hospitalized after a “violent incident.” Prosecutors said Friday that after witness questioning there is “no basis” for information contained in a preliminary letter from a hospital doctor. The letter indicated that Chrupalla may have been jabbed with a needle from a syringe while taking selfies in the crowd,
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Chrupalla was discharged from a hospital in Ingolstadt on Thursday and all scheduled election campaign events in Bavaria were canceled. Prosecutors said that after witness questioning, there is “no basis” for information contained in a preliminary letter from a hospital doctor, which indicated that Chrupalla may have been jabbed with a needle from a syringe while taking selfies in the crowd before walking towards the stage where he was due to give a speech.
The party was founded in 2013, initially with a focus against eurozone rescue packages. It gained strength following the arrival of a large number of refugees and migrants in 2015, and first entered Germany’s national parliament in 2017. Recent national polls have put it in second place with support around the 20% mark, far above the 10.3% it won during the
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