Overview
- Police report that a group of youths hurled xenophobic insults at two Afghan girls on Bernsdorfer Straße, then one struck the 16-year-old with a knuckleduster.
- Officers detained three suspects in a nearby discount supermarket and found the prohibited weapon on a 17-year-old boy.
- Investigators recorded the 16-year-old as lightly injured and returned the German suspects, two girls aged 15 and 16 and a 17-year-old boy, to their legal guardians.
- The Chemnitz state-protection unit, which handles cases with a possible political or hate motive, opened a case on suspected dangerous bodily harm, incitement to hatred, insult, and weapons-law violations.
- Police are seeking witnesses and ask anyone with tips to call the Chemnitz Kripo at 0371 387-3448.