Skinheads held over murder

Schleswig - Two German skinheads suspected of kicking a 45-year-old homeless man to death have been arrested, police said

Schleswig - Two German skinheads suspected of kicking a 45-year-old homeless man to death have been arrested, police said. The two right-wing extremists (both 23) were arrested on Saturday and admitted to beating and kicking a homeless man, who later died of his injuries, in the northern town of Schleswig earlier in the week, police said. In Rostock, 10 youths were arrested for insulting and kicking six men of Turkish and Iranian origin, police said.

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