According to senior public prosecutor Martin Cloppenburg, there was a “hostile atmosphere” when several groups of people confronted each other outside a club in Greifswald on the night of September 10 to 11, ready to use violence. Witnesses told the newspaper Nordkurier that before the police arrived, there was a fight involving about ten people.
In the middle of the crowd was a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Syria. According to the current state of the investigation, he allegedly pulled the legs of a 60-year-old police officer during the altercation – afterwards, the police officer hit the back of his head on a curb, according to the public prosecutor’s office. The policeman briefly lost consciousness and was taken to hospital by ambulance. There he was first treated and then went home.
In the meantime, the Syrian’s personal details had been taken at the police station – his identity and place of residence were known, Cloppenburg told Nordkurier on Thursday. Contrary to media reports otherwise, there had been no provisional arrest with subsequent release, the senior public prosecutor said. “Due to the offence and the fact that the man has a regular flat – i.e. does not live in an asylum seekers’ home – and we know his name and address, he has been at large since his personal details were taken down.”
According to information from the Nordkurier, the Syrian had already caused ” trouble in the club” the day before the crime. He is now being investigated for resisting the police and assault. It cannot be ruled out that he may also have committed dangerous bodily harm. The latter also depends on the state of health and the healing process of the assaulted policeman.
The day after the crime, the 60-year-old’s condition deteriorated dramatically – after being admitted to hospital, the policeman had to undergo emergency surgery due to a brain haemorrhage. He is still in intensive care and is still not fit for questioning almost two weeks after the crime. Police sources said that it was not clear at the moment whether he might have suffered permanent damage.
So a cop is fighting for his life, and his colleagues know the identity of the perp but have merely taken down his personal details??!! Good grief!! I pray the cop recovers and if and when he does, I hope he has a heart to heart talk with his “colleagues”.