Overview

• On June 3, an unknown assailant shoved and threatened Lasko Schleunung in the Rummelsburg quarter of Lichtenberg.
• The State Security department has taken over the case and is probing the incident after confirming Schleunung was clearly identifiable as a Left Party member.
• Schleunung was previously attacked on May 21 in a Lichtenberg park, suffering a head injury that required hospital treatment.
• In late March, he received a handwritten death threat reading “Lasko töten” along with insults against his party.
• A solidarity rally is set for Friday at Roederplatz in Lichtenberg to demand stronger protection for political activists targeted by right-wing violence.