The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will claim a clear victory in state parliamentary elections in the German state of Thuringia, well ahead of the second-place conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), initial exit polls show. Projections from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF released just after polls closed at 6 pm (1600 GMT) put the AfD at 30.5% to 33.5% of the vote, with the CDU trailing at 24.5%. The upstart populist Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), which has campaigned on a mix of left-wing economic policy and right-wing messages on immigration, is forecast to finish third in Thuri…