Police on Sunday issued arrest warrants for four young Germans accused of beating up three Greeks in a racially motivated attack in Berlin.
A police spokesman said the four individuals, aged 17 to 20, were released on bail until until the case comes to court. The Greeks were set upon by a gang of 13 youths when they stopped to fill their car at a petrol station in the east Berlin suburb of Pankow.
The men received hospital treatment for facial injuries. Witnesses said the group also hurled racial abuse at the Greeks.
DF: There has been a marked increase of racist incidents in Germany the past few months.
posted on Monday, October 1
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