A group of around 15 young people attacked a trans woman in a Bremen tram. Now the police are investigating four suspects. The children, aged 12 to 13, can be identified from video recordings.
About a week after an attack on a 57-year-old trans woman in a Bremen tram, the police identified four suspects between the ages of 12 and 13. The police in the Hanseatic city said they were identified as suspected members of the group of perpetrators on the basis of video recordings. The 57-year-old was severely insulted by around 15 young people and injured by a member of the group with punches.
According to the police, a patrol car crew first recognized one of the suspects during another operation on Sunday evening in the Huchting district and subsequently became aware of nine other children and young people. The investigators had secured recordings from the surveillance cameras and then distributed internal police photos of suspects.
Accordingly, all ten children and young people were taken to the station, while their parents were notified. There, four 12- and 13-year-olds were identified by further criminal police measures using the video recordings, the police said. The investigations into their exact alleged contributions to the crime are still ongoing. In principle, the suspects are not yet of criminal responsibility in the criminal sense. The limit for this in Germany is 14 years.
The transidentical 57-year-old was attacked and roughly insulted by a larger group of young people while riding a tram on Monday last week. Among other things, young people tore her wig off her head, and one of those involved hit the victim several times in the face with his fist. The woman was seriously injured and had to be taken to a hospital. The group fled when other passengers intervened.
Just a few days before the incident in Bremen, a 25-year-old died in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, after an attack at a Christopher Street Day event. According to the police, he had put himself in front of participants who were homophobically insulted by a 20-year-old. The 20-year-old hit him several times in the face, after which he fell. He died later in hospital. The alleged attacker is in custody.
In particular, the crime in Münster caused horror. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced stricter action against anti-queer violence in Germany. Among other things, she promised more precise recording in the police statistics. A large dark field can be assumed.
