Overview

• The suspect from Radeburg allegedly threatened on Facebook to injure Michael Kretschmer with blows and a weapon if the Saxony leader visited Riesa on Sunday.
• State-security investigators searched the man’s apartment in Radeburg on Friday before tracing him to a campsite in Riesa.
• Officers recorded a blood alcohol level of more than 1.5 per mille when they located him at the campsite.
• The man admitted writing the threatening post as police secured his mobile phone for the investigation.
• No weapon was found on him or in his tent or car, and authorities say he will face proceedings over the threat.