Germany: Video shows brutal attack by left-wing extremists
These are scenes that leave you stunned. The left-wing extremists repeatedly hit the woman lying on the ground, beating her legs, feet and head with a baton. In the end, they sprayed the young mother's face with pepper spray at close range. The victim writhes in pain. Then the four hooded perpetrators run out of the Erfurt clothing store.
Despite the use of a helicopter and a squadron of dogs, the four masked perpetrators are able to escape. The scene took place last Saturday and almost repeated itself in Dresden, Magdeburg, Schwerin, Halle and Berlin. In all these cities, the fashion label "Thor Steinar" sells its clothes under changing names. And everywhere, attacks or at least suspicious incidents occur almost simultaneously.
Concerted action
In Magdeburg, four perpetrators break into the shop and spray a foul-smelling liquid, apparently butyric acid, in the shop. "A saleswoman and her dog, who was in the shop at the time of the crime, were also soiled by paint splashes," the police said. Here, too, the perpetrators escape.
In Halle, two attackers fail at a locked door and cannot enter the shop. Then they spray the entire shop window and the facade with tar paint. In Schwerin, a man manages to break into the store. Also here: butyric acid inside, tar color outside. In Berlin and Dresden, salespeople report people who are watching the shops. There are no raids here.
The simultaneity of the actions, the large number of perpetrators involved and the brutality suggest that this is a concerted action by the left-wing extremist scene. For years, the Thor Steinar brand has been accused of being popular with right-wing extremists. The managing directors have rejected any right-wing extremist sentiment for years. The left-wing extremist scene doesn't care. Again and again there are attacks on the shops. But the Erfurt case overshadows everything that has gone before.
In Magdeburg, four perpetrators break into the shop and spray a foul-smelling liquid, apparently butyric acid, in the shop. "A saleswoman and her dog, who was in the shop at the time of the crime, were also soiled by paint splashes," the police said. Here, too, the perpetrators escape.
In Halle, two attackers fail at a locked door and cannot enter the shop. Then they spray the entire shop window and the facade with tar paint. In Schwerin, a man manages to break into the store. Also here: butyric acid inside, tar color outside. In Berlin and Dresden, salespeople report people who are watching the shops. There are no raids here.
The simultaneity of the actions, the large number of perpetrators involved and the brutality suggest that this is a concerted action by the left-wing extremist scene. For years, the Thor Steinar brand has been accused of being popular with right-wing extremists. The managing directors have rejected any right-wing extremist sentiment for years. The left-wing extremist scene doesn't care. Again and again there are attacks on the shops. But the Erfurt case overshadows everything that has gone before.
"New Dimension of Violence"
The managing directors speak to Junge Freiheit of a "new dimension of violence". Much is reminiscent of the case of Lina E., which is currently being judged in Dresden. According to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, she and three other perpetrators attacked a member of the right-wing scene in Leipzig in October 2018. They then brought down their victim and continued to attack him with punches, kicks and pepper spray. The man suffered a fractured kneecap.
As early as May 2021, charges were brought against Lina E. and her alleged accomplices for membership in a criminal organization. They are also accused of assaulting several people between October 2018 and February 2020. The group to which Lina E. belonged is said to have moved on the threshold of terrorism. The procedure: highly professional. As in these cases.
The managing directors speak to Junge Freiheit of a "new dimension of violence". Much is reminiscent of the case of Lina E., which is currently being judged in Dresden. According to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, she and three other perpetrators attacked a member of the right-wing scene in Leipzig in October 2018. They then brought down their victim and continued to attack him with punches, kicks and pepper spray. The man suffered a fractured kneecap.
As early as May 2021, charges were brought against Lina E. and her alleged accomplices for membership in a criminal organization. They are also accused of assaulting several people between October 2018 and February 2020. The group to which Lina E. belonged is said to have moved on the threshold of terrorism. The procedure: highly professional. As in these cases.
No police report
It's no secret that the left-wing extremist scene has been radicalizing under the eyes of politicians for years.
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned only last summer. "Serious bodily harm to the victims up to and including death are accepted with approval."
While the police departments in Magdeburg and Erfurt made the raids public in a press release and immediately launched a large-scale manhunt, one searches in vain for the attack in Schwerin in the publications of the police in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. A “fact” is only confirmed upon request from Junge Freiheit. State security took over the investigation.
Victim describes the assault
While the others get away with being frightened, the Erfurt saleswoman can be heard telling how badly she was affected by the robbery: "In the beginning it was a completely normal sales pitch," says the woman on the phone to Junge Freiheit. "That's what upsets me." Then she begins to describe the brutal attack:
“Two women with blue face masks came into the store. I went up to them and asked, 'What can I help with?' The two were looking for cargo pants. It's not like I don't know where I work. That's why I left the door open when the two girls came in. It was Saturday, so there was a lot of activity on our street. So I thought, if something happens, I'll scream and the passers-by will help me.” The mother of one daughter has been working in the shop in downtown Erfurt on Neuwerkstrasse for five years. Small shops are lined up next to each other. Near the shop is the State Chancellery, the official residence of Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left Party).
"So I went over to the rack with the pants and showed them to them." The video shows the saleswoman putting her hand on her pants. "At that moment, my memory stops." It is the moment when a hooded person, probably a man, puts her in a headlock and drags her to the ground. He hits her wildly. A hooded young woman tugs excitedly at her backpack, trying to get something out. "My memory starts again the moment she pulls the baton," says the victim on the phone.
"One woman kept hitting me on the leg"
"I was on the ground. One woman kept hitting me on the leg. I pulled my leg back thinking, not twice in the same place, not that they will break your bones.”
The thugs continue to beat the defenseless woman. "I yelled very loudly for help, I thought the door was open and passers-by could hear me, but no one came." According to the saleswoman, this was due to the fact that she was not watching, after the two women there were two more men who had come into the store and locked the door from the inside. "At least one man must have been standing outside the door."
One hooded woman hits her victim with the stick. "I just thought, stay on your stomach, don't let them roll you over and smash your face." The punches are like barrage. "I didn't feel the pain, just the contempt and brutality they showed. I didn't perceive any sounds, didn't hear a word, for me the room was empty, completely empty. At some point I just thought, okay, you have a child, you have to survive this."
"I was on the ground. One woman kept hitting me on the leg. I pulled my leg back thinking, not twice in the same place, not that they will break your bones.”
The thugs continue to beat the defenseless woman. "I yelled very loudly for help, I thought the door was open and passers-by could hear me, but no one came." According to the saleswoman, this was due to the fact that she was not watching, after the two women there were two more men who had come into the store and locked the door from the inside. "At least one man must have been standing outside the door."
One hooded woman hits her victim with the stick. "I just thought, stay on your stomach, don't let them roll you over and smash your face." The punches are like barrage. "I didn't feel the pain, just the contempt and brutality they showed. I didn't perceive any sounds, didn't hear a word, for me the room was empty, completely empty. At some point I just thought, okay, you have a child, you have to survive this."
Pepper spray in the face
Suddenly the thugs stand up. One pulls out a can and sprays it in the victim's face. "I only smelled chemicals, it burned my eyes and mouth, I couldn't open my eyes straight away."
The seriously injured woman can still alert the police. "I told them I was doused with acid." The woman comes to the clinic. "I had no recollection, but the doctor told me that the bruises weren't from punches."
"They were boasting about beating up 'the old woman.' But I say: These are not men.”
Source: Junge Freiheit
Suddenly the thugs stand up. One pulls out a can and sprays it in the victim's face. "I only smelled chemicals, it burned my eyes and mouth, I couldn't open my eyes straight away."
The seriously injured woman can still alert the police. "I told them I was doused with acid." The woman comes to the clinic. "I had no recollection, but the doctor told me that the bruises weren't from punches."
"They were boasting about beating up 'the old woman.' But I say: These are not men.”
Source: Junge Freiheit
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