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SPD MEP Matthias Ecke operated on after attack

SPD MEP Matthias Ecke operated on after attack
Member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke at the state party conference of the SPD Saxony in Chemnitz / Photo: Heiko Rebsch/dpa
From: Sachsen News

Dresden SPD MEP Matthias Ecke is doing well under the circumstances following the attack on him while hanging up election posters. He underwent surgery on Sunday, said Saxony's SPD leader Henning Homann at the state headquarters in Dresden. He had suffered a fracture to his cheekbone and eye socket as well as hematomas on his face.

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