German prosecutors are investigating a probable attack on the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. It is alleged to have committed an elderly woman with an umbrella during a campaign rally in the town of Torgau in Saxony. It is reported by the Sächsische Zeitung, citing the police.
According to investigators, 63-year-old German sent the umbrella to the side of the head of the German government, when it came to the market square of the city.
Bodyguard Merkel took this as an attempted attack.
In the present investigation, the woman is suspected of attempted bodily harm.
The very culprit of commotion all charges in his address denies, insisting that only wanted to put the flag on his umbrella. It is also noted that the woman at this point was at a distance of several meters from the Chancellor.
Elections to the Bundestag will be held in Germany on September 24.