Police Torture Of 13-Years-Old Muslim Youth In Germany Sparks Criticism
Footage of police’s harsh treatment of a 13-year-old Turkish boy in the German city of Duisburg DOOS BURG has sparked social media outrage.
The boy was allegedly tearing up an election poster.
In the April 12 footage, two police officers can be seen handcuffing Emirhan Altintas while one of the officers was pressing the boy’s chest with his knee.
Despite opposition by onlookers who said, “He’s still a little kid. Let him go!” officers handcuffed Altintas behind his back.
Fatih Zingal, attorney for the Altintas family, shared the footage on Twitter.
Zingal said Emirhan “could neither breathe nor say anything when the police officer pressed him to the ground.”
Around 3 million people with Turkish Muslim roots live in Germany, and often face discrimination.
Dr Uğur Şahin and his wife Dr. Özlem Türeci UZLAM TURECHAY who founded BioNTech and came up with the first covid vaccine marketed by pfizer, are both Turkish-German as well.
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