Overview

• A group of ten to 15 masked men attacked the 'Bad Freienwalde ist bunt' diversity rally on June 15, leaving two people wounded.
• Investigators searched the home of a 21-year-old suspect and his parents on June 19, seizing clothing and mobile phones for forensic analysis.
• The suspect is linked by authorities to the neonazi 'Der Dritte Weg' party; he has exercised his right to silence and was not arrested due to only an initial suspicion.
• Brandenburg’s Interior Minister René Wilke condemned the violence and pledged to intensify efforts against right-wing extremism.
• Police are boosting security for the upcoming Christopher Street Day in Eberswalde following the attack.