A 17-year-old boy went to the police at dawn on Sunday to surrender for the attack of which he was a victim on Friday night in Dresden, in eastern Germany, to the main social democratic candidate for the European elections in Saxony, the MEP Matthias Eckewho was seriously injured.

“On May 5, 2024, at around 01:00, a young man (17 years old, German) showed up at the Dresden-Süd police station and declared himself the perpetrator who had attacked the SPD politician,” reported the Regional Police Office. Criminal Investigation (LKA) of the state of Saxony in a statement. He added that the young man has no previous complaints and that the police continue their investigation in relation to the other suspects, still unidentified, mentioned by witnesses.

According to “Bild”, the young man appeared at the police station accompanied by his mother, and admitted having attacked the 41-year-old politician, although he did not offer more details. The suspect is not in preventive detention being a teenager, having permanent residence and having surrendered voluntarily, the newspaper adds. The minor is now scheduled to be questioned by the Police Center for the Fight against Terrorism and Extremism (PTAZ) in the presence of his lawyer.

“The attack occurred while I was putting up posters for the upcoming municipal and European elections. Three or four strangers suddenly appeared, insulted the team that was putting up the posters and unexpectedly They began to beat him brutally“, had explained the head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Saxony, Henning Homan.

Sources close to the party indicated that the politician was going to undergo surgery this Sunday and indicated that the attack left him with a cut under the eye and a broken cheekbone, although neither the party itself nor the police have wanted to officially confirm the injuries, the media adds. . According to the police, minutes before the attack on Ecke, a group of four people, probably the same ones who attacked the social democratic politician, He had already attacked another Green volunteer28 years old, also when he was putting up posters.

Although he was also hit in the face and kicked, “thank God he was not as badly injured as Mr. Ecke and was able to return home after receiving outpatient treatment from the emergency services,” said Greens regional deputy Valentin Lippmann.

According to the Saxony police, so far this year there have already been 112 politically motivated crimes in relation to elections, 30 of them against elected officials or representatives. A demonstration is scheduled to take place this afternoon in Dresden at the site of the attack, which SPD co-president Saskia Esken is scheduled to attend. Also in Berlin, a demonstration is planned in front of the Brandenburg Gate.