German troops attack foreigners

BONN - Ten German soldiers attacked a group of foreigners with knives and baseball bats in the western town of Detmold overnight…

BONN - Ten German soldiers attacked a group of foreigners with knives and baseball bats in the western town of Detmold overnight in a suspected racist attack, police said yesterday. The soldiers, some of them masked, were wearing German army uniforms and helmets when they pursued an Italian and two Turks late on Monday night, police said.

It was not clear how seriously the victims were injured.

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