Mask refusers beat up petrol station employees

A dispute over the corona rules escalates in a gas station in Bremen.

A customer does not initially wear a mask and later attacks a salesperson.

Bremen - In Bremen there was an assault after a dispute over the mask requirement at a gas station.

A 21-year-old man hit and kicked a seller, the police announced on Thursday (October 21, 2021).

The 67-year-old employee was taken to a hospital.

According to the police report, the 21-year-old entered the sales room on Stapelfeldstrasse in the Gröpelingen district without mouth and nose protection in order to pay his gasoline bill after refueling.

The employee advised him of the obligation to wear a mask against Corona *.

Then there was an argument.

Bremen: Mask refuser beats and kicks on petrol station employees

The customer left the building and returned a short time later with the mask on, it is said. Then he attacked the seller. According to the report, he hit him and kicked him when the 67-year-old was already on the ground. The 21-year-old man from Bremen left in his car, but eventually returned to the scene and turned himself in to the police, who are now investigating dangerous bodily harm, property damage and theft. The seller was taken to a hospital after the attack and treated there on an outpatient basis.

Just a few weeks ago, on September 18, a fatal shot after a dispute over the mask requirement at a gas station in Idar-Oberstein (Rhineland-Palatinate) caused horror across Germany.

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.

After the deed in Idar-Oberstein, the fear of radicalized mask refusers * also increased in Kassel.

(lrg / dpa / afp) *