BERLIN — German prosecutors have filed charges against two Afghan teenagers over a dispute with a 22-year-old man in an eastern town who then died of a heart attack. German news agency dpa reported Thursday that the 17-year-old and 18-year-old were charged with bodily harm resulting in death. Authorities have said the man who died had severe chronic heart disease and that an autopsy showed he suffered a heart attack after being punched in the face. He apparently tried to intervene in an argument between the suspects on Sept. 10. The incident in Koethen followed the anti-foreigner violence that arose in Chemnitz arose after the fatal stabbing of a German man and the identification of migrants as suspects.

Source: National Post October 18, 2018 15:22 UTC