2 Homophobic Assaults Reported After Berlin's Christopher Street Parade
Two apparent homophobic attacks were reported following Berlin’s annual pro-LGBTQ+ Christopher Street Day celebration on Saturday, police said Sunday.
Assailants attacked three young people, then a 32-year-old, after the demonstration through Berlin.A group of nine made anti-LGBTQ+ comments to two 16- and 17-year-old girls, along with a 15-year-old boy, in the Berlin Mitte neighborhood of Germany’s capital city on Saturday around 8 p.m.
It appears the group was offended by the young people’s clothing, according to the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel.Police told the paper that when the 16-year-old confronted one of the suspects, he knocked her hat off her head and tripped her, causing her to fall.
He then punched her in the face when she got up. The suspect fled and the group then fled. The assault is under investigation.A witness intervened in central Berlin in the early hours of Sunday morning to stop a second attack.
