Overview

• The Oldenburg prosecutor charged the Ganderkesee resident with dangerous bodily harm, use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations, property damage and insult.
• Investigators say he confronted three Green campaign helpers in Bookholzberg on January 19, destroyed a poster and later returned to assault one man.
• According to the indictment, he raised his arm in a Hitler salute and shouted “Deutschland den Deutschen.”
• The victim suffered head trauma that led to an intracranial bleed discovered about three weeks later, which doctors surgically removed.
• Police records indicate the suspect was heavily intoxicated at the time, with a reported breath alcohol level of 2.4 per mille.