Overview

• The Saxony Interior Ministry has admitted to operational planning failures during the January AfD federal party congress in Riesa, citing inadequate consideration of key scenarios and coordination issues.
• Investigations are ongoing into the use of a police service dog, which allegedly pressed a demonstrator against a guardrail, raising concerns over animal cruelty and excessive force.
• Police actions, including the alleged assault on parliamentary observer Nam Duy Nguyen, are under scrutiny, with accusations of bodily harm despite his identification as an observer.
• Authorities report 102 investigations against approximately 1,400 demonstrators, primarily for breaches of the peace, with 100 individuals linked to left-wing extremism identified as violent actors.
• Brandenburg AfD faction leader Hans-Christoph Berndt was reportedly attacked and injured by a group while traveling to the congress, adding to the broader tensions surrounding the event.