The state premier of Saxony was targeted by police and special forces after an anti-vaccine group targeted the region's state premier who has vocally supported national measures against the unvaccinated in one of the areas of the country with the lowest inoculation rates.
Germany will use all the means of its democratic rule of law to defend itself against this tiny minority of the hateful attacks on the rest of us, he said.
It is particularly strong in Saxony, in former communist East Germany, one of the regions worst hit by the resurgence of the coronaviruses and where the vaccination rate is lower than the national average.
At the beginning of December, protestors gathered outside the house of the Saxony state minister of health with torches and whistles, a demonstration condemned by politicians.
In the midst of a strong fourth wave of the virus, the national government decided to tighten restrictions on unvaccinated people, banning them from public venues, restaurants and non-essential commerce.
Security expert Sebastian Fiedler of Scholz's Social Democrats told the Daily Bild on Tuesday that between 15,000 and 20,000 people were opposed to the health restrictions and prepared to use violence.
Strobl, the interior minister in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, told the Funke media group that individuals who threatened the constitution will be held accountable for the common ground of our democracy and use all the power available under the rule of law.