New York's ex-mayor Giuliani in hospital after accident

The 81-year-old was taken to hospital, according to a spokesperson on the X platform. It was not a targeted attack. Giuliani suffered a fractured thoracic vertebra, cuts, injuries to his arm and lower leg as well as bruises in a rear-end collision on a highway in the US state of New Hampshire. He is in good spirits and is recovering well.

Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 to the end of 2001, including during the attacks of September 11, 2001. After Trump's election defeat in 2020, Giuliani stood firmly by the Republican and fought vehemently against the alleged election fraud, for which there was no evidence.

The spokesperson described the course of the accident on Saturday evening (local time) as follows: A woman on the side of the road, who had been the victim of domestic violence, signaled Giuliani to stop. The ex-mayor helped her and alerted the emergency services. After this incident, the car with Giuliani in it was rammed from behind at high speed. The account could not initially be independently verified.