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Teenager surrenders to German authorities over attack on SPD European Parliament candidate
German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) and SPD lead candidate for the European elections, Katarina Barley, listen, during Party of European Socialists (PES) Democracy Congress, in Berlin, May 4, 2024

A TEENAGER surrendered to police today over an attack in Germany on a candidate in next month’s European Parliament election from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The 17-year-old, accompanied by a parent, turned himself in at a police station in the eastern city of Dresden, Saxony state police said.

“He admitted the act but didn’t go beyond that,” police spokeswoman Silvaine Reiche said.

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