According to police reports on Saturday, an eight-year-old girl and her father were slightly injured in the incident in Grevesmühlen. Both were taken to hospital in an ambulance. According to initial findings by investigators, the eight-year-old girl and her ten-year-old sister were attacked by a group of around 20 young people on Friday evening at around 7:30 p.m. The attackers are said to have kicked the younger girl in the face, among other things. When the children’s parents arrived, an argument broke out with them as well, according to police reports.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Interior Minister Christian Pegel condemned the attack in the strongest possible terms. “You don’t attack people, especially not children, and certainly not for racist reasons,” said the SPD politician. There is no place for racism in society. Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) wrote on Platform X: “The injured girl is 8 years old – as young as my daughter. We must not allow hate and incitement to poison our society and violence to threaten our children.”
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Police are looking for witnesses to the incident
As a spokesman for the police operations control center told the German Press Agency on Saturday, emergency services established personal details after the incident. Among the known names were also possible suspects. The investigators are now looking into the matter.
When the police arrived on the scene on Friday evening, one person from the group allegedly insulted the victims with xenophobic remarks as they left. Up to eight people from the group took part in the attack, the police said. They are investigating for breach of the peace, dangerous bodily harm, incitement and insult. The officers are looking for witnesses to the incident.
AfD parliamentary group leader Nikolaus Kramer said, “This brutal lack of restraint towards children is frightening and must be punished consistently. There is nothing to excuse or trivialize here!”
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