Overview
- Police report a 38-year-old struck Green state lawmaker Sebastian Striegel in the chest area during Saturday’s counterprotests, leaving him with chest pain.
- Authorities opened seven investigations, including four for bodily injury, and deployed about 350 officers from Halle and Berlin.
- No other injuries were recorded, and a separate evening march of roughly 85 people proceeded without disturbances, according to a police spokesperson.
- Green parliamentary leader Cornelia Lüddemann condemned the attack and alleged misuse of press privileges to enter the protest, while police have not confirmed the party’s detailed claims about the suspect’s affiliations.
- MDR reports the suspect is Dennis Wesemann, described by the state intelligence service as a right-wing extremist and linked to streamer Michelle Gollan, as the book fair continues under police presence.