After the attack on Dresden Green Party politician Yvonne Mosler, the public prosecutor's office has requested accelerated proceedings against the two accused. The 34-year-old accused is charged with damage to property and joint coercion, the 24-year-old accused with joint coercion and insult, the public prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday.
Mosler was attacked on the evening of 7 May in the presence of two press teams while putting up election posters on Amalie-Dietrich-Platz in Dresden. The public prosecutor's office accuses the 34-year-old defendant of first tearing down an election poster that had just been put up. Mosler photographed the man, who left and returned shortly afterwards with the 24-year-old woman. According to the public prosecutor's office, they are said to have aggressively approached the politician and asked her to delete the photo. The 24-year-old is also said to have insulted Mosler and spat in her face. Both are said to have then circled the politician, a party colleague and the accompanying camera team, repeatedly and loudly asking the politician to delete the photo.
