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Eva Leitolf
Marktplatz, Wriezen
[German Images - Looking for Evidence 2006-2008]
2007
C-print
66.5 x 53.5 cm (image) 81 x 69 cm (sheet)
Provided by the artist - Eva Leitolf
LL/37688
On 2 June 2004 a mentally disabled fifteen-year-old of Arab extraction suffered verbal racist abuse from a group of youths on the Market Square in Wriezen. A girl cut his neck with a sharp object, causing a wound several centimetres long. The victim managed to get away and was taken to hospital in this life-threatening condition. An hour after the attack the police arrested a fifteen-year-old girl. The suspect was already known to the police for various offences of bodily harm and displaying symbols of banned organisations. The girl received a two-year suspended sentence, while two other youths were each sentenced to one year, also suspended. Two further youths were cautioned for failure to lend assistance, another given four weeks detention, and one adult was fined.
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