Extremists attack Eurosceptic party leader

Published: 26 Aug 2013 09:20 CET

he head of Germany’s eurosceptic party has called for a crackdown on left-wing extremists after he was attacked at a political rally on Saturday.

Bernd Lucke, head of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, was speaking at the rally in Bremen when a group stormed the stage pushing him and attacking 15 other people with pepper spray. One party member was injured with a knife. 

Police said that 20 to 25 people had stormed the rally with eight getting onto the stage. Officers arrested three suspects aged 22, 25 and 27.

The AfD were formed last year and are campaigning in Germany's elections on September 22nd on a eurosceptic platform, although they say they do not want Germany to leave the European Union. 

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