Death threats against the teacher?
In Friedberg, Bavaria, a group of vocational school students is investigated (symbol image)
Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / picture alliance / dpa
The accusation weighs heavily: Ten teenagers and young adults are said to have insulted and threatened a technical college teacher in Friedberg, Bavaria.
The police opened an investigation.
The alleged perpetrators are said to be current and former students of the technical and vocational high school between the ages of 17 and 21, the police said on Wednesday.
You are said to have degraded the teacher on the Internet several times and finally threatened with death.
The young people have been exchanging information about the teacher on a social media platform since last autumn.
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The teacher reported to the police in Friedberg.
The investigators searched the homes of six suspects on behalf of the Augsburg public prosecutor.
Several cell phones were confiscated.
him / AFP