He leader of the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD in German), Tino Chrupalla, was hospitalized this Wednesday after “violent incident” during an election rally in Ingolstadin the state of Bavaria, in the south of the country.

The party itself reported that Khrupalla ended up in the hospital Medical examinations are carried out to determine the state of his health. From my side, Ingolstad police confirmed the need to intervene during the rally, but did not go into details.

According to reports, the alleged attack on him was carried out using syringe. At the moment his health status is unknown.

Tino Chrupalla, leader of Germany’s right-wing AfD party, was taken to hospital after being suspected of being attacked with a syringe during a campaign event. Condition unknown pic.twitter.com/8hc00Ft9gG

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The incident occurred on the eve of elections in Bavariascheduled for Sunday, and after the AfD co-chairman, Alice Weidelwill cancel his participation in this Tuesday’s rally in Mödlareuth for reasons related to his safety.

Ingolstadt police wrote in an afternoon press release that Khrupalla had to receive medical attention backstage around 4:30 p.m., before the start of his performance. At that moment no “obvious injury” could be recognized. The investigation was taken over by the Ingolstadt judicial police, the publication reports. Frankfurt Allgemeiner.

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An ambulance later took him to the hospital. Bavarian Rundfunk reported that Tino Khrupalla’s Berlin entourage stated that hurt with a needle and that he would therefore spend the night in hospital for observation.

A party spokesman would not comment on whether this was a possible attack or a bout of weakness.. According to him DonaucurierKhrupalla took several selfies and then fainted. According to the newspaper, a counter-demonstration took place near the election rally.

(Europe Press)