There were few details about what exactly happened at the event in Ingolstadt, before a state election on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n The party said that Tino Chrupalla, one of its two co-leaders, was hospitalised following what it called a \u201cviolent incident,\u201d German news agency dpa reported. It didn\u2019t immediately have details on his condition.<\/p>\n According to the party, the incident happened in a crowd shortly before he was due to speak.<\/p>\n A police statement Wednesday evening said that Chrupalla had to be given medical treatment backstage at about 4.30pm and was then taken to a hospital, but \u201can obvious injury was not apparent at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n It did not give more details on the treatment or what was thought to have happened.<\/p>\n Supporters of the far-right \u201cZukunft Heimat\u201d (\u201cHomeland Future\u201d) movement gather for an event with speeches and German flags on German Unity Day in Cottbus, Germany.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n It said that police were investigating to determine \u201cthe precise circumstances of this medical incident.\u201d The statement urged people who took photos and videos at the event to make them available to police.<\/p>\n Chrupalla, 48, has been one of the party\u2019s two leaders since 2019. The other co-leader is Alice Weidel.<\/p>\n Alternative for Germany, known by its German acronym AfD, was founded in 2013, initially with a focus against eurozone rescue packages. It gained strength following the arrival of a large number of refugees and migrants in 2015, and first entered Germany\u2019s national parliament in 2017.<\/p>\n Recent national polls have put it in second place with support around the 20 per cent mark, far above the 10.3 per cent it won during the last federal election in 2021. It has been helped by the reemergence of migration as a leading political issue and by frustration with the government\u2019s climate and energy policies, as well as high inflation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n