Political violence will not be tolerated in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the western city of Mannheim after seven people were injured in knife attacks. “Whether it’s violence directed at left-wing, centrist or right-wing democratic politicians, it is always unacceptable and will not be tolerated by us,” the chancellor said while addressing an economic forum in the eastern German town of Bad Saarow, south-east of Berlin. “We will act against all those attempting to use violence to limit democratic spaces,” he added, irrespective o…