Video causes horror: Indians thrown out of the branch?

Kaufland is investigating allegations of racism

Created: 01/07/2022, 11:03 AM

From: Cindy Boden

Kaufland: Were customers racially insulted?

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In a Kaufland store, an employee is said to have brutally treated and insulted two customers from India - in a dispute over milk.

The chain wants to "work up" the case.

Magdeburg - The news is very unpleasant for the Kaufland retail chain: A mobile phone video apparently recorded in a Kaufland store is making waves on Twitter.

It is supposed to show how a man and a woman from India are thrown out of the supermarket by an employee of the security service.

The alleged location is a branch in Magdeburg's Neustadt district.

In the 23-second video you can hear an employee screaming: “Get out now, that doesn't exist.

March off! ”The pictures are very blurred.

The two victims are apparently repeatedly grabbed, pushed and pushed towards the exit, a man with a blue mouth and nose mask runs after them.

The man who was hit in this way keeps shouting “Don't touch her”, so “Don't touch her.” “Go out!” (“Get out of here!”) The employee calls out to you.

Kaufland: Video causes horror - accusations of racism are loud

The woman published the video on Wednesday evening on Twitter, including the words "Racism and violent behavior at Kaufland".

In addition, she posted a longer letter.

It says that the milk bought from Kaufland turned out to be spoiled and that an illness was the result.

The couple then went back to the branch to ask about compensation, but there was only discussion there.

Those responsible would have offered a credit of 30 euros for a short time.

"Before we could accept the offer, the Kaufland employee simply said we should hire a lawyer and declined the offer," the woman wrote.

In the end, they would not have got the milk back as evidence.

According to her, sentences like: "You are in our country, you cannot ask for compensation here."

Kaufland milk spoiled - video is said to show racist scenes

On Thursday afternoon, another post by the woman said: “We didn't want any compensation or 72 cents back, we wanted an appropriate answer.” The milk's expiry date was March 2022.

According to the letters, they also asked the police for help.

The poster claims that she is a human rights activist for the Indian Women's Federation for World Peace and has worked for the UNHCR in Geneva, among others.

Kaufland reacts to accusations of racism: "Will work up the incidents immediately internally"

The tweet was shared and commented on many times.

Many expressed solidarity with the two alleged victims.

Kaufland responded to the tweet on Thursday morning: “We were confused about the video.

Kaufland is colorful and diverse, which is exactly what defines us as a team.

We stand for diversity, tolerance and openness.

We strongly condemn racism and discrimination.

We will immediately deal with the incidents internally. "

According to several media reports, the police in Magdeburg announced on Thursday evening that an employee of the supermarket had reported the case.

It is about the fact that a video of him has been published on the Internet without his consent.

Accordingly, investigations are ongoing.