German extremist politician attacked, half dead

Germany's far-right politician, Frank Magnitz, was beaten and seriously injured, officials reported.

The leader of the German Alternative to Bremen was attacked by three people in the city's centre late Monday.

The masked people knocked him unconscious and hit him in the head, party officials said.

The alternative for Germany, the anti-migration party, has entered parliament for the first time last year and has 94 seats. It now has representatives in each state parliament in Germany.

Party spokesman Jorg Meuthen posted a photograph of Magnitz at the hospital on Twitter, saying he was left “half dead “”. / REL