German MP has cake thrown in face over stance on refugees

MP Sahra Wagenknecht has been criticised after calling on the German government to limit the number of refugees allowed in to the country

Ms Wagenknecht was targetted at a congress in Magdeburg (ZDF digital)

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.