A German Green Party politician attacked in Dresden on Tuesday evening has been identified as Yvonne Mosler, a 47-year-old candidate for Dresden's city council, the party said on Wednesday.
Mosler was campaigning in the eastern city alongside fellow Green Party candidate Cornelius Sternkopf and hanging political posters when she was attacked by two people, according to police.
The Green politicians were also accompanied by reporters from German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle and the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Police said the 34-year-old male suspect pushed the politician aside at around 6:50 pm (1650 GMT) on Tuesday evening, insulted and threatened her.
He allegedly also tore down two election posters.
A second suspect, a 24-year-old woman, joined in on the attack and spat at the politician, according to police.
Officers confronted both suspects in the immediate vicinity of the attack on Tuesday evening.