Official calls for action following assault on young ones
In Grevesmühlen, a gang of young people viciously assaulted two young girls from Ghana, leaving one of them requiring hospitalization. Minister-President Schwesig is outraged. "We can't let intolerance and hatred contaminate our community and endanger our kids with violence."
SPD politican Manuela Schwesig, Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was dismayed by the reported racist attack on two Ghanaian girls in Grevesmühlen. "The wounded girl is just 8 years old - as young as my daughter. We can't allow intolerance and hatred to corrupt our society and endanger our children with violence," she wrote on the platform X.
Her heartfelt empathy goes out to the affected children and their family. "This reprehensible act must have punishment. Intolerance and violence are reprehensible. This is especially true when children are targeted," it continued in her post. Initially, Schwesig spoke of a "brutal attack by youths on two Afghan girls". Later, she amended her original post with the correction to Ghanaian girls.
According to the initial police report, an 8-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister were brutally beaten by around 20 young people and adults on a Friday. The younger girl was said to have been struck in the face by her attackers. When the parents of the children arrived, there was also a confrontation with them, according to police reports. The 8-year-old girl and her father sustained minor injuries.
On Saturday, Innenminister Christian Pegel strongly condemned the act. "People should never be attacked, especially not children and definitely not for racist reasons," said the SPD politician. Grevesmühlen's mayor Lars Prahler also expressed his shock. "This racially motivated act stuns me. It is a sign of groundless prejudice and unchecked inhumanity and cannot be justified," he told NDR. There's no justification for the fact that youths were involved in the act.
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The police are investigating the assault on the two Ghanaian girls in Grevesmühlen as a potential hate crime, given the violent nature of the attack and the racial slurs reportedly used by the perpetrators. Minister-President Schwesig has called for the Police in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to prioritize this case, ensuring that justice is served and such incidents of racism are not tolerated in her region.
