On a train journey from Heidelberg to Stuttgart, the member of the Bundestag Gökay Akbulut was attacked and insulted. Football fans are also said to have been involved. VfB Stuttgart commented on the incident.
The left-wing politician Gökay Akbulut, who has been in the German Bundestag for the constituency of Mannheim since 2017, was racially insulted and sexually harassed and physically injured on Saturday evening on Saturday evening in a train from Heidelberg to Stuttgart. The 42-year-old posted a corresponding statement on her Instagram channel late Sunday evening. There are also two photos that Akbulut took: they show an injury over their left eye and an unrecognizable man with a raised middle finger.
Attack on Member of the Bundestag – Akbulut publishes statement on Instagram
Akbulut was said to be on the way back from an event in Heidelberg when it was “insulted and attacked by right -wing extremists” on the train. The train was full of male football fans. VfB Stuttgart had an away game at FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday afternoon.
On the way through the overcrowded train, looking for a seat, it was sexually harassed and racially insulted several times. After finding a place, a group of men roared behind her “constantly AfD slogans”. As Akbulut continues, she took pictures of what a man is said to have thrown a beer bottle against her head. “When the train drove to the Stuttgart train station, I just wanted to get out quickly. I was in shock, screamed and called for the police,” the member of the Bundestag describes the situation. In the hospital, the injuries would not have turned out to be serious.
This posted Akbulut on her Instagram channel
Solidarity and demand for education
In her postal politician of the democratic parties, Akbulut asked her to “moderate their tone and to look for factual answers to the challenge of our time”. A clear edge against racism and right -wing extremism is needed instead of taking over the rights’ demands. Akbulut spoke in this context The Union from the CDU and CSU to. The 42-year-old also addressed VfB Stuttgart to clarify how he would like to deal with “right-wing extremist fans”.
Numerous politicians spoke out under the post, Akbulut expressed solidarity and wished their speed. “Never alone – always together,” wrote, for example, the Federal President of the Left Party, Ines Schwerdtner. The Green member of the Bundestag, Emilia Fester [sic]”.
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The politician Luigi Pantisano, who was sitting for the left in Stuttgart’s city council, promised to make the incident in the city on the subject. “That something like this is possible, in a diverse city like Stuttgart and fans of an association that is committed to diversity [sic]”, he wrote. The Mannheim district association of the left called for solidarity.” This racist and sexist attack deeply shakes us. It shows how far the poison that the AfD scattered into the population begins to work and all inhibitions are lost [sic]”” it says in a statement.
The Baden-Württemberg state spokeswoman for the left, Sahra Mirow, demands consequences after the attack in a message: “We expect interior ministers Strobl to enlighten this attack and criminal consequences for the perpetrators.” The attack is an expression of a social situation that is getting worse, Mirow continues. “Attacks of this kind are increasing. Therefore, it is all the more important that the democratic forces stand together in this country.”
The Mannheim SPD member of the Bundestag Isabel Cadematori also condemned the attack. “This attack is disgusting – every day people with a migration background are attacked with words and increasingly also with physical violence,” says a statement by the MPs. The violence of right is becoming more and more limitless. “This disinhibition is also a result of the increasingly hostile political rhetoric towards people with a migration background and a political debate that makes migrants a scapegoat for all problems in our country,” continued Cadematori.
Similarly, the general secretary of the CDU Baden-Württemberg, Nina Warken, commented on SWR request: “In our society there is no space for racism, sexism and violence.” And further: “Especially in times of basic conflicts in terms of content, we have to campaign particularly for peaceful and respectful coexistence.”
“The attack on Ms. Akbulut must be sentenced,” said the AfD parliamentary group leader in the state parliament, Anton Baron, the SWR. “However, the attempt to make political capital from this too. Until the end of the investigation, it is important to reserve political blame.”
Wehrle: VfB condemns attack on Akbulut
The board of VfB Stuttgart, Alexander Wehrle, logged in Instagram to say. “VfB is condemning the violent assault on Gökay Akbulut, Member of the Bundestag,” says a post there. “We distance ourselves clearly.”
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At the request of the SWR on Monday, the federal police said that the facts were known to her, but those responsible did not want to further express themselves. The Linken-Kreisverband Mannheim, however, announced that Akbulut was doing well according to the circumstances that an advertisement had been reimbursed.
Prize on Monday, 27.1.2025 8:30 a.m., SWR4 BW Studio Mannheim
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