Sahra Wagenknecht, a well-known German politician, was attacked with red paint while giving a speech at a rally in Erfurt on Thursday. Wagenknecht, who recently split from her old party to form a new one called the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, was speaking out against Germany's support for Ukraine when the incident happened.

The attacker, a man in his early 50s, dashed onto the stage and splashed red paint on Wagenknecht and the podium. It looked like he used a medical syringe to carry ou...