An office belonging to a regional lawmaker from Germany’s AfD party was attacked with stones overnight in the eastern town of Pößneck, police said on Monday.
The attack targeted the constituency office of Ringo Mühlmann, a member of the state parliament in Thuringia. Surveillance footage obtained by German media showed two masked individuals hurling stones through the window before fleeing. Police confirmed a complaint has been filed, but gave no further details about the suspects.
It was the fifth attack on Mühlmann’s offices since March. Earlier this year, vandals hit his previous premises three times in a single day with paint, while in July the façade was sprayed again. The current office, which Mühlmann shares with AfD Bundestag member Michael Kaufmann, has only been in use for a few days.
Mühlmann accused the judiciary of turning a blind eye, telling reporters that cases of property damage to party offices in Thuringia are routinely dropped “even when the perpetrators were known.” He claimed that offenders are effectively shielded regardless of whether the Justice Ministry is headed by the Greens or the centre-right CDU.
According to Thuringia’s Interior Ministry, attacks on constituency offices reached a record high last year, with 118 politically motivated incidents—a 25% rise on 2023. The AfD, which has been gaining ground nationally as support for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition ebbs, was by far the most frequently targeted party.
