Overview
- A man ran from cover and threw a tomato at Bavarian minister-president Markus Söder during a public jubilee in Bernau am Chiemsee, with footage and eyewitnesses showing the sudden approach.
- Security officers from the Landeskriminalamt quickly restrained the attacker and handed him to local police, and multiple outlets report the suspect was taken into custody as a 31-year-old German.
- Söder was hit but uninjured, completed his appearance after a short delay, and later posted photos of the celebration on X without mentioning the incident.
- The Kriminalpolizei Rosenheim is leading the probe and officials have declined further comment while investigators seek to establish a motive that remains unclear.
- The episode follows earlier projectile attacks on politicians including an egg attack on Söder in 2022 and could prompt renewed scrutiny of security at public events and how such incidents are prosecuted under existing assault and public-order laws.