Overview
- The attack occurred shortly after midnight as the pair were putting up election posters for the March 8 Baden-Württemberg vote.
- The victims, men aged 21 and 54, suffered irritated eyes and received outpatient treatment at the scene.
- Police described the assailants as an eight-person group in dark clothing with red tube-scarves and reported that they fled.
- The state criminal police are leading the case, and no arrests or suspect identifications have been announced.
- Recent polls put the AfD near 20 percent in Baden-Württemberg, more than double its 2021 result.