Overview

• She was found in her apartment by her son after the attack, and according to Bild as relayed by RIA Novosti she said several men assaulted her on the street near her home.
• Doctors are fighting to save her life and her condition is described as critical with stab wounds to the abdomen and back, according to the same report.
• Police are searching for the assailants and a serious-crimes unit is expected to take over the investigation.
• Authorities have not identified a motive or established whether the assault was politically driven.
• The victim is a member of Germany’s Social Democratic Party and won Herdecke’s mayoral runoff on September 28.