German politician Franziska Giffey was attacked Tuesday at a local library. The incident comes after other politicians were targeted ahead of the upcoming German European Parliamentary elections.

Giffey, Berlin’s senator and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), was visiting a library in Alt-Rudow, which she previously campaigned to be rebuilt, when someone hit her over the head with something heavy. Following the attack, Giffey was briefly treated in hospital, but stated on social media that “after the initial shock, I can say that I am fine” and returned to work. Giffey thanked people for their kind messages on social media and also expressed her concern over the ongoing attacks, stating:

I am concerned and shaken by the growing “free-wild culture” in which people who are politically active and committed in our country are increasingly exposed to attacks that are supposedly justified and acceptable. — we live in a free and democratic country, in which everybody can express their opinions openly. Having said that, there’s a clear limit. And that limit is violence against people that hold a different opinion, for whichever reasons, in whichever form.

This attack follow two others against German politicians and campaign workers. Matthias Ecke, a lead SPD candidate in the European Parliament elections, was attacked by four individuals on May 3 and subsequently underwent surgery in hospital. On May 9, Green party politician, Yvonne Mosler, was pushed and spat on when filming with a TV crew in Dresden.

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, condemned the attacks in a statement issued via X (formerly Twitter), Scholz stated:

The attacks on Franziska Giffey and other politicians are outrageous and cowardly. Anyone involving themselves deserves respect. Violence does not belong in democratic debate. Decent and sensible people stand clearly against it – and they are the majority.

These attacks have occurred a month ahead of Germany elections to the European Parliament on June 9. German ministers met on Tuesday to assess their responses to these attacks.