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State Security Probes Assault on Uniformed Bundeswehr Soldier in Bavaria

State security investigators suspect a link to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Overview

  • Police say two men addressed the 19-year-old in Russian as he got into his car in Sulzbach-Rosenberg on Tuesday morning.
  • One opened the driver’s door and attacked him while the other kicked him in the chest before both fled the scene.
  • The soldier locked himself in his vehicle and sustained minor injuries that did not require hospital treatment.
  • The Staatsschutz at Kripo Amberg has taken over the case and issued a public appeal for witnesses.
  • Police shared initial suspect descriptions, noting both were about 1.80 meters tall with short dark hair, one in a black Nike jacket with an older women’s bicycle and the other in a thicker blue jacket.