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Berlin State Security Investigates Transphobic Assault on Two Transgender Individuals

Officials say the assault included spitting, water dousing, a street beating that caused a bleeding head wound.

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In Berlin sind zwei 27-jährige Transpersonen angegriffen und geschlagen worden. Wie die Polizei mitteilte, fanden Beamten eine der Transpersonen blutend auf einer Straße im Bezirk Neukölln liegend.

Overview

  • The attack took place at around 22:00 on May 30 as the victims tried to board a U-Bahn train at Hermannplatz station in Neukölln.
  • A male suspect reportedly spat on one victim, poured water over them, then fled with two accomplices into a nearby street.
  • The assailant and his companions returned moments later to beat the two transgender individuals, one of whom was left with a heavily bleeding head injury.
  • Responding officers and a doctor who happened to be on the scene administered first aid before both victims were transported to a hospital.
  • Berlin’s State Security Service has opened a hate crime investigation and is seeking the suspects who fled after the assault.