Unknown people destroyed or stole almost 400 election posters in Leipzig in one night. The CDU's election posters for the local elections were hung in the eastern part of the city on Saturday and were damaged or disappeared the next morning, as the police in Leipzig reported on Tuesday.

A main street and adjacent side streets in the district, where many migrants also live, were affected. The election posters were written in German, Arabic and Turkish. The damage could not initially be quantified. A report was filed for theft and damage to property.

Leipzig's CDU leader Andreas Nowak told "Bild" that the campaign was developed together with migrant traders and that the traders had put up the posters themselves. Jürgen Kasek, a Green Party city council member, accused the CDU on

In Saxony there has been repeated vandalism of election posters and attacks on election workers in the past few days. On Saturday night in Zwickau, two helpers were threatened and coerced while hanging up Green Party election posters. The police identified a 22-year-old suspect. The possible involvement of three other people is being investigated.