German police say a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria. There were few details about what exactly happened at Wednesday's event in Ingolstadt before a state election on Sunday. Tino Chrupalla is one of AfD's two co-leaders. The party said that he was taken to a hospital following what it called a “violent incident.' Police said that Chrupalla had to be given medical treatment backstage and was then taken to a hospital. But police said that “an obvious injury was not apparent at that time.” They called for people to come forward with photos or videos of the event.
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It said that police were investigating to determine “the precise circumstances of this medical incident.” The statement urged people who took photos and videos at the event to make them available to police.