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Drunk man injures child and passenger in streetcar

A man has racially insulted passengers and slightly injured two people. (Archive image) / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa
A man has racially insulted passengers and slightly injured two people. (Archive image) / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

A man hurls racist insults at passengers and hits a six-year-old boy. When the driver intervenes, he is also beaten by the drunk. The police are looking for witnesses.

A very drunk man slightly injured a six-year-old boy and a 43-year-old man on a streetcar in Dresden. According to police, the driver of line two in the direction of Gorbitz noticed the man hitting the boy from Libya and hurling racist insults at passengers on Friday evening.

When the 43-year-old then tried to intervene at the Merianplatz stop, the attacker also punched him. The boy and the driver were slightly injured. The police were alerted and arrested the 38-year-old German. A breath test revealed more than 4 per mille. The Dresden police are looking for witnesses to the incident.

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