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In June, people stand in front of a looted shop on Marienstraße
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Three months after the heavy night riots in downtown Stuttgart, investigators identified 98 suspects.
A connection with the offenses in Stuttgart could be ruled out for five suspects, a spokeswoman from the State Ministry confirmed to SPIEGEL for five others that follow-up offenses are being investigated.
The crimes committed on the night of the crime range from insulting to bodily harm, particularly serious cases of breach of the peace, to attempted manslaughter.
"We'll get you! Nobody who was involved in these riots and looting can feel safe," said Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU), according to a press release from the state.
"That is the correct answer to damaged and looted vehicles and shops, to 32 police officers injured and to the fact that an ambulance with three paramedics was thrown at."
According to Strobl, the suspects are young, mostly male, and come from Stuttgart or the surrounding area.
Around two thirds of them have German citizenship.
Around three quarters of the German suspects have a migration background.
Almost three quarters (72 percent) of the identified suspects are known to the police.
According to the interior minister, 40 suspects are already in custody.
The spectrum of suspects ranges from thirteen-year-old Syrian refugees to 29-year-old Germans with training.
"The investigators are currently not assuming planned, organized acts of crime. Rather, it can be assumed that the crimes occurred spontaneously, under the impression of the events and were intensified by group dynamic effects," said the interior minister.
In mid-July there were also riots in Frankfurt.
Five police officers were injured and 39 suspected rioters were temporarily arrested.
Police officers were attacked from among the crowd, and police chief Gerhard Bereswill spoke of a "hail of bottles being thrown" that fell on the officers.
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