The head of the German government can not come to his senses after an attempt was made on the mayor of the city of Altena, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About this in his tweet, said the representative of the government of Germany Steffen Seibert. "Chancellor Merkel: An attack with a knife on the mayor Andreas Holstein has terrified me. And I am greatly relieved that he can again be with his family. Thanks to those who helped him, "- quotes the newspaper. ru "post of a German official. The attack on the mayor of Altena, 57-year-old Andreas Holstein, was reported by the local press. According to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the incident occurred last night in one of the city's eateries. Holstein, representing the ruling party "Christian Democratic Union", made an order when suddenly one of the visitors to the institution snatched a knife and struck him in the neck. The fifty-six-year-old at the time of the incident was drunk. However, the attempt was not spontaneous or erroneous. The police assume that the attacker had political motives. Eyewitnesses say that before striking, the criminal loudly criticized the policy of the individual and the authorities of the country as a whole.

He did not particularly like that the city was recently flooded with migrants. During the incident, a store employee was also hurt, who wanted to help the wounded mayor. Witnesses of the incident called an ambulance, who urgently hospitalized an official. Later, he contacted the friends from the hospital and told him about the help he received. Now Holstein's life is out of danger.

German politicians, officials and public figures sharply condemned the attack on Holstein and wished him a speedy recovery.