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German Police Detain Suspects After Two Swimming Pool Attacks on Minors

Authorities are examining charges from dangerous bodily harm to sexual harassment following weekend incidents in Thuringia and Bavaria.

Neustadt: Zwei Mädchen in Freibad begrapscht - dann handeln sie richtig
Polizisten nahmen den Mann noch in der Nähe des Stadtparksees fest. (Symbolfoto)
Symbolbild: Ein Mädchen mit einem "NO!" Klebetattoo am Arm sitzt am 18.08.2016 im Freibad von Tettnang (Baden Württemberg) am Beckenrand. Foto: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
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Overview

  • A 14-year-old boy was assaulted by a group of 13- to 15-year-olds near a Freibad in Bad Sulza and hospitalized with severe injuries.
  • A 12-year-old girl in Hof was forcibly submerged and sexually harassed by two men aged 18 and 20, leaving her with a bloody nose.
  • Police took the teenage suspects from Naumburg into custody at the Bad Sulza scene and detained the two Hof suspects of Syrian origin on site.
  • The Thuringia prosecutor’s office has opened investigations into breach of the peace, dangerous bodily harm and robbery in the Bad Sulza case.
  • Kriminalpolizei Hof is probing the Hof incident under charges of sexual harassment and bodily harm.