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Police See No Foul Play After Six AfD Candidates Die Ahead of NRW Local Vote
Six Alternative for Germany candidates died within two weeks due to natural causes or health issues, prompting election disruptions and investigations without evidence of foul play.
- Ahead of September 14, four Alternative for Germany candidates—Ralph Lange, Wolfgang Klinger, Wolfgang Seitz, and Stefan Berendes—died, all slated for North Rhine-Westphalia ballots.
- Authorities reported several deceased AfD candidates had pre-existing health conditions; German police and North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Ministry found no evidence of foul play.
- Overall, the tally reached six AfD candidates, including reserve-list candidates René Herford and Patrick Tietze, who died within about 13 days, sparking widespread online speculation and conspiracy theories.
- Election officials said the deaths forced reprinting ballots and invalidating some postal votes, while the City of Blomberg's race will be a by-election on September 14.
- AfD leaders and sympathizers amplified the cluster, with Alice Weidel and Stefan Homburg calling it "statistically almost impossible," as support in North Rhine-Westphalia rose from 5.4% to 16.8%.
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Six candidates of the AfD party died, shortly before the municipalities of Rhineland on 14 September to the west of the country. Although the police have established that they were natural deaths, nothing stops the complusphere.
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On September 14th the local elections take place in NRW. Now there are wild speculations about six dead AfD politicians. Alice Weidel fires rumors.
In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, six candidates for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have died ahead of local elections, sparking questions and conspiracy theories. Leaders have dismissed such speculation.
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