On New Year's Eve there were clashes between the police and left-wing extremists in Connewitz, a district of Leipzig.

As the media reported, a police officer in Leipzig was injured and had to have his ear operated on. Initially the media spoke of serious injuries and an attempted murder, but this statement was later put into perspective.

Ultimately, there was never any explicit mention of “life-threatening” in the press releases, as Andrej Reisin makes clear again in his analysis ““Emergency operation” in Connewitz: Media as an echo chamber of the police” on Übermedien.de . Likewise, the initially chosen formulation of an emergency operation was unfortunate because it turned out that there was no danger to life.

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However, there was recently a user posting on social media that said something completely different: the police officer is said to have now died. His sister said so. This information is usually distributed as a screenshot in the form of a sharepic. The content of the text is:

The police officer (38) attacked by leftists in Leipzig has just died, according to his sister. Press is silent. - Split !!! —

Sharepic for police officer Leipzig
Sharepic for police officer Leipzig

Sharepic also accuses the press of remaining silent. This type of accusation is always often included to support a conspiracy theory. Of course, no one reports because the police officer hasn't died either.

Fact check Leipzig

We have contacted the press office of the Leipzig police. In this case, fortunately, it was a very short phone call because the answer was as clear as could be expected.

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Of course, the police officer the sharepic is about has not died. The sharepic, but also the original text, are fake and should not be distributed further.

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