A far-right politician was beaten unconscious by a group of hooded men yielding an unidentified object in Germany, police say, according to multiple media reports.

Frank Magnitz, a lawmaker with German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), was reportedly attacked by at least three men on Monday night and remained hospitalized on Tuesday, The New York Times reported.

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Magnitz is the head of AfD's chapter in the German city of Bremen. Thomas Jürgewitz, the deputy head of the Bremen chapter, told the Times in a phone interview that Magnitz is expected to make a full recovery.

The AfD circulated a picture of Magnitz's bloodied face, writing on Facebook, "Today is a black day for democracy in Germany."

Jürgewitz told the Times that Magnitz's assailants beat him with lumber and kicked him until he was unconscious. Workers in the area reportedly came across Magnitz and alerted authorities.

“There’s zero tolerance for violence, whoever is affected and wherever the violence comes from,” German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told The Associated Press. “We need to do everything to find the culprits and hold them to account.”

Lawmakers across the political spectrum in Germany have condemned the attack, including critics of the AfD.

Left-leaning Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tweeted, "Violence must never be a means of political confrontation — no matter against whom or what the motives are," according to the AP's translation. “There is no justification for this."

“Anyone who fights hatred with hatred always lets hatred win in the end," Green party politician Cem Ozdemir wrote on Twitter.

“It was clearly an attempt to murder Mr. Magnitz,” AfD co-leader Alexander Gauland told reporters in Berlin.

AfD co-leader Alexander Gauland claimed that the attack was "clearly" a murder attempt.

"This is the result of the ostracism and agitation AfD faces,” Gauland said, according to the AP.

Authorities are investigating the motivation behind the attack and say they have not ruled out the possibility that it was politically motivated, the AP reported.