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Sahra Wagenknecht, a prominent member of the far-left Linke party, has backed putting a limit on the number of asylum-seekers Germany should accept. A young man threw a chocolate cake in the MP’s face before shouting slogans during the opening speech at a party congress over the weekend. The attack was claimed by a self-styled “anti-facist” group protesting against Ms Wagenknecht’s call to limit the number of migrants entering Germany.

Ms Wagenknecht is the second MP to have a dessert thrown in her face over refugee policy. More than one million migrants arrived in Germany last year after Chancellor Angela Merkel advocated an open-door policy on refugees. The party’s president interrupted his speech after Ms Wagenknecht had the cake shoved in her face while she sat in the front row.

EPA A German MP had a cake shoved in her face over her stance on refugees

EPA Colleagues shielded Sahra Wagenknecht from photos with a jacket

Fellow party members shielded the MP with a jacket as they asked journalists not to film or take pictures of Ms Wagenknecht. The man who threw the dessert was taken away by security and offered no resistance. The attack is said to have been staged by a group called the “Anti-facist Initiative, pies against the enemies of mankind” which was outraged by Ms Wagenknecht’s refugee policy.

EPA Ms Wagenknecht backed calls to limit the number of migrants entering Germany

Ms Wagenknecht has also suffered a backlash in her own party after she advocated a cap in how many migrants Germany should take in. Two activists dressed as clowns also threw a pie in the face of EU parliament member Beatrix von Storch during the conference of the anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The pair approached the politician singing Happy Birthday before throwing the cream-filled cake in her face.

IG An anti-fascist group is said to have been behind the stunt