Neukirch/Lausitz (dpa/sn) - A reporter and a photographer from the magazine "Cicero" (Berlin) said they were verbally threatened and attacked on Friday evening in Neukirch/Lausitz (Bautzen district). At the event organized by the "Bautzner Frieden" association, neo-Nazis initially pushed them in an inn, insulted them and hindered their research, chief reporter Moritz Gathmann reported on Facebook on Saturday. When they wanted to leave the place later, "two guys ran out of the dark". They were masked and yelled "Get lost," "Fuck off," banged on the car doors and windows, and smashed a side mirror. The Görlitz police are investigating, said a spokesman on Sunday. He did not provide any further information about the incident.
There is a neo-Nazi problem in this area and certain people tolerate their presence, Gathmann summed it up, but also wrote: "Don't take this event as an opportunity to defame this whole region again as 'Bautzen brown under'". Rather, it is important to stand up against it and not let yourself be scared.
