Wednesday 5 September 2007

Lankan injured in racist attack in Germany

Berlin: A Sri Lankan was injured in a racist attack in southern Germany, police said on Monday.

The 38-year-old man was knocked to the ground and kicked on the street in the southern city of Stuttgart early on Saturday by a drunken neo-Nazi.

Police said the 27-year-old attacker had record of several previous assaults and had been under investigation for wearing Nazi symbols.

The incident added to the grave public concerns over a string of recent racist attacks in Germany.

Last month, eight Indians were attacked in the eastern city of Muegeln during a local festival and two Africans were assaulted during a wine festival in a village near the western city of Mainz.

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