German­y remain­s deeply polari­sed since Chance­llor Merkel's decisi­on to open the countr­y's border­s to migran­ts in...BERLIN: Police in Berlin on Sunday were investigating two separate assaults against young girls believed to have been motived by anti-migrant hatred. An unknown man repeatedly punched two Syrian girls, aged 15 and 16, in the face in Berlin’s eastern Marzahn district late Friday afternoon, before running away. According to a police statement, the man allegedly “insulted both girls with anti-foreigner comments” before attacking them. In a second incident in the capital’s Neukoelln area on Friday evening, an unidentified woman allegedly tried to pull the headscarf off a 12-year-old girl, pulling her hair while voicing xenophobic sentiments, Berlin police said. Eight people were injured in the rampage, including a 4-year-old Afghan boy and his mother as well as a 10-year-old Syrian girl.

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2019 15:56 UTC