Ten Teenagers Investigated After Video Shows Pupil Beaten Outside Frankfurt (Oder) School

Police in Brandenburg are investigating ten suspects aged 13 to 15 for dangerous bodily harm and robbery after a video showed a group of youths punching and kicking a schoolboy, including to the head while he lay on the ground, outside a secondary school in Frankfurt (Oder) on Wednesday, 14 October. The boy suffered facial injuries. Mayor Axel Strasser said he was deeply shocked and called talks with police, schools and the city for 27 October, while Brandenburg social minister René Wilke threatened drastic consequences, including possible deportation.