Police search home of aide to AfD top candidate in Berlin election

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2026-09-19

Berlin (dpa) - Berlin prosecutors said on Friday that police had searched the home of a staff member of Kristin Brinker, lead candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Berlin's state election, five days before the vote. The 48-year-old is suspected of violating Germany's explosives and weapons laws, prosecutors said. Police carried out a court-ordered search on Tuesday in Berlin's Lichterfelde district, a spokesman for the publ......

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