Four suspects have been identified in the attack on German Social Democrat (SPD) MEP Matthias Ecke, police said on Monday, with more protests expected in Berlin.
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00:00Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Berlin to protest against extreme right violence
00:05and to promote democracy in the country, following the attack on a candidate of Olaf Scholz party
00:11for the European elections.
00:14Matthias Eck, the SPD's favorite candidate in Saxony for the June 9 elections, was beaten
00:19on Friday in Dresden by four individuals as he hung campaign posters for the Social Democratic
00:25Party.
00:26We were shocked yesterday, we were speechless, we were sad, we are angry, we are still shocked
00:36about the news that our friend Matthias Eck was beaten up while hanging up posters.
00:42Show me what democracy looks like, because we know from history, Nazis do not only win
00:53in places where they have the majority, Nazis win in places where democrats are passive.
00:59Now is the time for all democrats to come together and say out loud, we will not yield.
01:08The four suspects, aged 17 to 18 years old, were already identified by the police.
01:13After a 17 year old teenager had already turned himself in to the police on May 5th, two other
01:23suspects were identified by name.
01:26The two people were searched and identified in accordance with the order of the Dresden
01:31District Court.
01:32In the course of the next evening, we also identified the fourth suspect.
01:46Nearly 2,000 people also took to the streets in Dresden during the weekend to express support
01:50for democracy.