‘Must Speak Russian!’: Man Attacks Ukrainian Children In Germany

• 2.09.2023, 8:40

He threw a 10-year-old boy off a bridge into a canal.

In the German town of Einbach in Lower Saxony, a group of children from Ukraine were attacked by an unidentified person because they spoke Ukrainian. As a result of the attack, law enforcement officers opened a case into the attempted murder of a 10-year-old boy.

This was reported by the prosecutor's office of the German Göttingen.

It is noted that the attack took place on August 26 at about 18:40 in the city of Einbach.

Several Ukrainian children were in the area of the bridge. Suddenly, an unknown man began to express his dissatisfaction with the fact that they spoke Ukrainian and began to force them to speak Russian. After that, the man said that allegedly it was Ukraine that started the war. The department did not specify what language the man spoke.

After that, an unknown person grabbed the girl by the hair, started to pull, and then threw the 10-year-old boy over the railing of the bridge into the ditch. The child hit the iron beams that are attached to the bridge during the fall. The boy suffered head and left leg injuries.

When a 10-year-old boy was lying in a ditch, the attacker also threw a glass bottle at him, which hit the victim's left shoulder. The man then fled the scene.

The prosecutor's office of the city of Göttingen reported that the attacker, who looks about 40-45 years old, is now being looked for. A case was opened on the fact of the attempted murder of a child, an investigation began.

Die Welt reported that the Attorney General believes the attack was politically motivated. The publication also clarified that the attacker spoke Russian.