Authorities probe alleged beating in Vilseck

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Authorities probe alleged beating in Vilseck
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, December 16, 2008

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — U.S. and German police in Vilseck are investigating an attack, allegedly by U.S. personnel, that left two Germans in the hospital over the weekend.

Hauptkommissar Josef Weidl, of the Auerbach German police, said the attack happened at around 4:45 a.m. Saturday outside the Cheers nightclub, which is the closest bar to Rose Barracks, the U.S. base at Vilseck.

The bar, formerly known as the Independence Club, was the venue for numerous fights involving U.S. soldiers in 2006. It was declared off limits by the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment at the time.

Weidl said the victims, age 23 and 30, claimed they were throwing snowballs outside the nightclub and accidently hit a dark BMW with U.S. plates.

Four or five Americans allegedly got out of the vehicle and attacked the Germans with kicks and punches that left one of the Germans with a concussion and the other with a broken nose, he said.


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