AFD LEADER IN GERMANY DAMN NEAR BEATEN TO DEATH

CABAL HIT?

Far-right German politician Frank Magnitz severely injured in 'assassination attempt'

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Magnitz, chairman of Germany’s AfD party, was left for dead after being brutally beaten by three alleged assailants on Monday

ByNatalie EvansUS Editor (Digital)

23:02, 7 JAN 2019UPDATED23:33, 7 JAN 2019

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Frank Magnitz is the chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) (Image: Hayoung Jeon/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A far-right German politician has been left for dead in brutal attack, his party has said.

Frank Magnitz, chairman of Germany’s AfD party, was badly beaten by three alleged assailants on Monday.

He is believed to have been jumped after leaving a New Year's reception in Frankfurt's Goethe Square.

Graphic images posted on the AfD Bremen Facebook page showed Magnitz lying in a hospital bed with a gaping head wound.

Describing the attack as a 'politically-motivated attempted assassination', the AfD said Magnitz was knocked unconscious and suffered a number of blows to the head.

Magnitz suffered a serious head injury (Image: Facebook)

He was reportedly saved after a builder intervened and chased off the three suspects, who remain at large.

He remains in hospital in a serious condition, a party spokesman said.

They added: "Today is a black day for democracy in Germany."

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