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Scholz Says Attacks On Deputies 'Threaten' Democracy

'Democracy is threatened by this kind of act,' Scholz said on Saturday (Credit: AFP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned an attack on one of his party's European Parliament deputies as a "threat" to democracy after investigators said a political motive was suspected.

Police said four unknown attackers beat up Matthias Ecke, an MEP for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), as he put up EU election posters in the eastern city of Dresden on Friday night.

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