The German right-wing party Alternative for Germany is set to win the local state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday with their popular young candidate for governor, Ulrich Siegmund. As the leftist parties fear losing control, attacks on AfD candidates mount, and Antifa cells threaten mob violence in the case of an AfD victory.
If the AfD wins the governor’s office in the East German State on Sunday, an Antifa manifesto revealed by Apollo News threatens to “attack the functions of the German state”, declaring the state “part of a fascist government and thus a legitimate target: Prisons, government offices, employment centers, police stations, Army bases, migrant offices…” The screed published on Antifa websites Indymediaand Kontrapolis declares that “fascism is here” and calls for a “Week of Action Sept. 7.-13.”
German authorities take the threat seriously, Apollo News reports, citing a letter from the German train service warning staff to “avoid confrontation” and “report suspicious occurrences.”
A hand grenade attack occurred outside a jeweler’s store near Augsburg train station early Wednesday morning, which could be tied to organized crime, according to press reports. Several other security-related events have unsettled Germany in recent weeks, including presumably left-wing attacks on electrical infrastructure and a mysterious explosives-laden drone at Leipzig airport found near a Ukrainian cargo plane.
Nine people were injured at an AfD campaign stand in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Kreuznach on Wednesday, reports AfD Bundestag delegate Nicole Höchst, after concentrated chlorine disinfectant was sprayed at them from a window. “Seven people had to be treated by medics. Bad Kreuznach firefighters then cleaned the square and secured the liquid.”
A letter with a mysterious white powder was found at AfD party headquarters in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, on Monday. Police ruled out immediate danger and are investigating.
Police in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been investigating threats against AfD politicians, including Saxony-Anhalt front-runner Ulrich Siegmund and Bundestag delegate Martin Reichardt, since August 10, Die Welt reports: “The letter read: “We know absolutely everything about you: your addresses, your contacts, your weaknesses. We know where your children go to school […] We will erase you from the political face of Germany. We will cleanse this country of a disgrace like the AfD […] You will be crushed. None of you will escape responsibility.”
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