Mask dispute escalates: 21-year-old man knocks the gas station attendant to the ground and kicks him

Mask dispute escalates: A gas station attendant has been beaten to hospital by a driver (21).

The incident in Bremen is shocking.

Bremen - A gas station attendant (67) was attacked by a driver (21) in Bremen after a mask dispute.

The 21-year-old beat up the gas station attendant and stepped on the seller lying on the ground several times, the police announced on Thursday.

The 67-year-old was taken to hospital for outpatient treatment after the Wednesday morning attack.

Bremen: Mask refuser knocks the gas station attendant to the ground

The 21-year-old had previously wanted to pay his gasoline bill at the gas station.

However, he had entered the sales area of ​​the gas station without mouth and nose protection.

The gas station attendant made the driver aware of the obligation to wear a mask.

"After a verbal argument, the customer left the room and returned a little later with a mask on," said the police.

Then the 21-year-old attacked the gas station attendant.

The attackers then left by car.

However, he later returned to the scene and turned himself in to the police.

The Bremer is now being investigated for dangerous bodily harm, property damage and theft.

Just a few weeks ago, a fatal shot after a dispute over the mask requirement at a gas station in Idar-Oberstein in Rhineland-Palatinate * caused nationwide horror.

A 49-year-old man returned to the gas station after being told that there was no mouth and nose protection and killed the 20-year-old salesman with a shot in the head.