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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
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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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