Attack on diversity in Bad Freienwalde: politicians are calling for immediate measures!

Attack on diversity in Bad Freienwalde: politicians are calling for immediate measures!

Bad Freienwalde, Deutschland - in Bad Freienwalde on June 17, 2025, an attack on a feast ensured diversity for nationwide headlines. At the event that stood under the motto "Bad Freienwalde is colorful", at least two people were slightly injured. The attack, which allegedly assumed from a right group, occurred despite the presence of police, which was present with three radio patrol cars. The attackers, partly masked and equipped with impact tools, bothered many of the participants, which strikes the organizers and the municipality on the abdomen with regard to increasing violence through right -wing extremists. The situation was already classified as tense.

Interior Minister René Wilke was condemned by the incident and emphasized that attacks on people who participate in family and children were unacceptable. "Once again it shows that we have to stand together against agitation and violence," said Wilke, who also informed the police in an interview with those affected. Mayor Ralf Lehmann (CDU) described the attack as a "disturbance of the event" and found that politics had to react as quickly as possible to such incidents.

political reactions and demands

The political reactions followed. SPD parliamentary group leader Björn Lüttmann called for more protection measures for such events, while his CDU colleague Jan Redmann underlined the need to protect people who are committed to diversity and tolerance. Niels-Olaf Lüders from BSW also sees violence as a result of political failure. "We have to do more to defend our democracies," said Lüders. AfD parliamentary group leader Hans-Christoph Berndt, on the other hand, demanded criminal consequences for the attackers.

The organizer Judith Strohm appealed to the local police and region to take the threat seriously and to re -evaluate the danger situation. In the meantime, the Bad Freienwalde grammar school is planning a "Pride Week" under police protection in order to send a sign of diversity and integration even after the recent incidents. Despite the burdens, people are determined to raise their voices and to face intolerance.

superordinate context of the right -wing extremist violence

The increasing concern about right -wing extremist violence in Germany is also reflected in the current development. According to reports, around 32,000 people in Germany are currently organized in right -wing extremist groups, of which 13,000 are classified as violent. These worrying figures show that a new generation of young neo -Nazis is growing up in the region. The increase in right -wing extremists can also be seen in the statistics, which have a sudden increase in violence by over 10% compared to previous years.

More and more political actors and organizations see such violent acts a systematic danger to democracy and warn of normalizing right -wing extremists in society. "It is essential to act and show that we are not intimidated," said Lorenz Blumentaler from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.

Given the prevailing tendencies, as observed in the last elections, in which over 40% of the Bad Freienwald voters chose the AfD, the need for a commitment to society against society against the right becomes increasingly clear. Jann Jakobs from the alliance "Brandenburg shows attitude" calls to stand together against violence and intimidation.

These developments not only underline the need to actively fight violence against right -wing extremists, but also to promote the commitment of citizens in order to defend the values of diversity and tolerance in society. It remains to be hoped that such incidents, as recently in Bad Freienwalde, will not become normal.

For further information on the background of right-wing extremist violence in Germany, you can read here: Tagesschau,), [Rbb24] (https://www.rbb24.de/politik/-2025/06/maerkisch-oderland-bad-freienwalde-besucher- Vierefalts event-realtml), bpb.