A German opposition leader has been hit in the face with a chocolate cake by rebel protestors, apparently over her controversial stance on refugees.
Sahra Wagenknecht, a member of Germany’s far-left Linke party, was targeted at a party congress in Magdeburg city on Saturday.
The MP was sitting in the front row during an opening speech when a man approached her with the cake, threw it in her face, and shouted anti-fascist slogans.
An independent “anti-fascist” group said it was behind the attack, and was seen distributing flyers for its “Cake for Misanthropists” initiative.
Ms Wagenknecht has been criticised for calling on the Government to put a limit on the number of refugees Germany should accept, putting her at odds with the rest of her party.
She is the second German politician to be attacked with a pudding this year – in April, Beatrix von Storch of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party suffered a similar fate.
