Overview
- A 58-year-old babysitter refused to hand a small child back to its parents, prompting police intervention in Bad Saulgau.
- Officers say the woman became aggressive when they arrived, tried to flee with the child and bit one officer in the hand while a second officer was slightly injured during the struggle.
- A colleague removed the child from the scene unharmed and returned the child to the parents before the sitter was taken to the police station.
- Police have reported the sitter for assault on enforcement officers under the German term tätlicher Angriff auf Vollstreckungsbeamte and for insults, and she faces criminal proceedings.
- A 55-year-old bystander who repeatedly filmed and interfered with the police action had her smartphone confiscated and may face legal consequences while the motive for the sitter’s refusal remains under investigation.