(German) Police Arrest Two Suspects in Racist Attack

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The first arrests have been made in the case of an African man who was brutally beaten in Potsdam. A leading politician warned against concluding it was a racist attack, adding that blue-eyed blondes are also victimized.

Four days after a brutal attack in Potsdam that left a German man of African origin close to death, police in the state of Brandenburg have made their first two arrests. No details were released about the suspects, who were being interrogated on Thursday evening, reports said.

Meanwhile, remarks made about the case by German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble further ignited the controversy surrounding the investigation.



Speaking in a radio interview, the interior minister warned against jumping to conclusions as to the motives for the attack, saying all that was known for certain at this point was that a person had been the victim of a violent assault. "Blond, blue-eyed people are also the victims of attacks, sometimes by attackers who might not even have German citizenship," Schäuble added. "That's not any better."

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1975567,00.html

He is a corrupt, mean fellow using any opportunity to spark xonephobia and fear (his favourite: the World Cup) :puke:. With ministers like that, the great coalition should be ended now (or better: yesterday).