An ugly incident occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday.
A Lidl customer refused to wear a mask and hit a police officer.
In a Lidl branch there was a scandal on Monday (December 14th).
A customer refused to wear the corona mask.
The woman was violent.
The police responded with a complaint.
Munich / Lüdenscheid - The
corona virus
does not stop shortly before Christmas.
On Wednesday (December 16), Germany recorded almost 1,000 Covid-19 deaths.
On the same day, the hard lockdown that Angela Merkel and the country leaders discussed came into force.
Despite the explosive corona situation, a woman in
North Rhine-Westphalia
did not
adhere
to the
mask requirement
.
In supermarkets and discounters such as Lidl, Aldi, Edeka, Rewe, Penny and Co., wearing mouth and nose protection has been mandatory since April.
Corona: mask dispute in Lidl branch "escalated" - police intervene
According to a
police
press release
, "a
mask dispute
escalated
in a discount store".
The incident happened on Monday (December 14th) at 7:30 a.m.
A woman ignored multiple requests to wear mouth and nose protection in the Lidl branch, as
reported by
come-on.de
*.
“Two plainclothes police officers who happened to be present stepped in and asked the unruly customer to go outside to discuss the problem.
They identified themselves as police officers, ”said the
police report.
The woman is said to have refused to show the police officers her identity card.
Instead, she wanted to flee, which the police prevented.
Lidl: Woman refused to put on a mask - then she was violent against the police officer
"When the police arrested her, the 38-year-old went to strike," the report says.
The officer who was attacked managed to evade.
However, the action had far-reaching consequences for the
mask refuser
.
The officers called in reinforcements and held the woman until a patrol car arrived.
In addition to a complaint based on the Infection Protection Act violation, it was filed for assaulting law enforcement officers.
(mbr)