A candidate to be mayor of Cologne was wounded in a stabbing as she campaigned today, a day before an election in the western German city.
Candidate Henriette Reker was wounded along with a member of her campaign team, aide Frederik Schorn told news agency dpa. He said he didn't know how seriously she was hurt. The suspected attacker, a man apparently aged between 30 and 40, was arrested.
Police said the incident happened at a campaign stand set up by Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats at a market. They said that two people were seriously injured and three lightly in a scuffle.
Reker is running as an independent candidate in Sunday's election but has the backing of the conservative Christian Democrats and two other parties.
