Indian assault victim out of hospital in Germany
29 Dec 2012 6:33 AM IST
A 24-year-old Indian student, who was brutally assaulted here on Christmas eve by two men demanding him to convert to Islam, has been discharged from hospital after his condition improved, German police said on Friday.
The student, whose identity has not been revealed, is recovering well and his injuries are not as serious as thought initially, a police spokesman said.
Meanwhile, police in Bonn are continuing their search for the two men who had demanded the student to convert to Islam and threatened to cut off his tongue if he refused.
So far, the police have no concrete information on the motive of the attack, but they have a strong suspicion that Islamic radicals may have been involved in the incident.
Therefore, a special police unit has taken up the investigations and it is cooperating closely with the state prosecutor in Bonn, the spokesman said. The victim told the police that he was walking to a pub shortly after 10 on Christmas eve when two strangers approached him, picked up conversation and demanded him to convert to Islam. They threatened to cut off his tongue if he refuses, the police commissioner in Bonn said in a press statement earlier. As he tried to get rid of them and walked further, they followed him and knocked him down from behind.
The student, whose identity has not been revealed, is recovering well and his injuries are not as serious as thought initially, a police spokesman said.
Meanwhile, police in Bonn are continuing their search for the two men who had demanded the student to convert to Islam and threatened to cut off his tongue if he refused.
So far, the police have no concrete information on the motive of the attack, but they have a strong suspicion that Islamic radicals may have been involved in the incident.
Therefore, a special police unit has taken up the investigations and it is cooperating closely with the state prosecutor in Bonn, the spokesman said. The victim told the police that he was walking to a pub shortly after 10 on Christmas eve when two strangers approached him, picked up conversation and demanded him to convert to Islam. They threatened to cut off his tongue if he refuses, the police commissioner in Bonn said in a press statement earlier. As he tried to get rid of them and walked further, they followed him and knocked him down from behind.
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