Zwönitz (Saxony) – An attack was allegedly carried out on the constituency office of the CDU Bundestag member Marco Wanderwitz (46). A window pane was badly damaged.
The police investigations are based on the use of pyrotechnics.
The damage was found on New Year’s Day and a complaint was made for property damage. The police did not initially provide any further details. The background to the fact is still open.
From 2020 until the change of government, Wanderwitz was the Federal Government’s Eastern Commissioner.
Marco Wanderwitz (46) was the Federal Government’s Eastern Commissioner until autumn
Politicians from several parties commented on the incident on Twitter and some of them spoke of an attack.
CDU-Generalsekretär Paul Ziemak (36) expressed his “full solidarity”. “There is no justification for it. This attack is not a form of protest, it is simply criminal, ”he writes. The Federal Political Director of the Greens, Michael Kellner, tweeted: “Full # solidarity with my colleague Marco @wanderwitz. Violence has no place in the democratic debate. “
Carsten Schneider (45, SPD), the successor of Wanderwitz as Eastern Representative, wrote: “This attack on @wanderwitz’s office is further evidence of the radicalization and disinhibition of parts of the population. It’s not an isolated case either, but has meanwhile become a sad method. ”On New Year’s Eve, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) threw in a window in the Cologne constituency office and the state security department was investigating
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