This dispute about a missing mouth and nose cover escalated completely. In the end, three men were arrested and a teenager (17) was hospitalized.
At around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday evening, the young person alerted the police to Greifswalder Straße (Prenzlauer Berg) and stated that there had been a dispute between her and six adults on the M4 tram because the young person was missing her mouth -nose covering would have addressed.
According to the young people who told the police, a verbal argument broke out and they were racially insulted by two women from the group. When everyone involved left the train together at the Greifswalder Straße stop, one of the three women from the group of 17-year-olds is said to have punched her face and tried to kick her several times.
When the victim managed to dodge the attacks, two men from the group held her down and two of the three women are said to have punched and kicked the girl several times. In addition, one of the women is said to have pulled out her hair. Then the three men and three women are said to have cut off in the direction of Erich-Weinert-Strasse.
The 17-year-old had made a video with her cell phone, which she showed to the police forces. One of the officers recognized one of the men from previous police operations in a bar on Greifswalder Strasse.
The three men (42, 44 and 51 years old) were found in the said pub. All were provisionally arrested. The three denied the allegations. Police officers found narcotics on the 42-year-old man. All were under the influence of alcohol, voluntary breath alcohol measurements showed a value of around 0.9 for the 42-year-old, around 0.7 for the 44-year-old and around 1.8 for the 51-year-old.
Initially, none of the men wanted to give any information about the women. The men were in police custody, and blood was drawn from the 51-year-old. Then they were released again. Investigations into the women involved are ongoing.
The 17-year-old had to be treated in a hospital, where she was admitted for observation.