Last year re were 183 asylum-hostile crimes against politicians nationwide. This is reported by Taz, citing an internal report by Federal Criminal Investigation Office (BKA). Thus, in four cases, re have been acts of violence; In addition, re were 35 property damage and 60 popular incitements.

In refugee debate "no end to agitation of right scene is to be seen", according to Taz it is situation assessment of BKA. Rar, procedure am accelerating to detriment of politicians. This could lead to furr acts of violence, in individual cases "also to be reckoned with homicides". The authority did not want to comment publicly on figures.

If one counts all motives for crimes against politicians, re was a significant decline last year. Until November 2017, BKA recorded a total of 516 offences, including eleven acts of violence. Throughout previous year 2016, re were more than 1,800 crimes against politicians.

Last year, attack on Altenaer mayor Andreas Hollstein had aroused a stir. The CDU politician was attacked in a snack with a knife in November and severely injured. Two years earlier, a right-wing extremist had attacked today's mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, with a knife just before her election.

Date Of Update: 03 March 2018, 12:03