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German politician is ‘attacked by a coven of carnival witches who beat him up and broke his ribs’ – German authorities have launched an investigation after a group of carnival witches were accused of beating up a local politican.

Alexander Kebeck, who is a mayoral candidate for the southern German town of Loßburg, claims he was left with broken ribs after an unprovoked assault in the Black Forest region.

The 43-year-old had been attending a local carnival in the area and was making his way home when he encountered the coven of ‘witches’.

Speaking with German tabloid Bild, Mr Kebeck claimed that the group of six witches ‘jumped from behind and hit me in the back, brutally knocking me to the ground’.