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A police officer hit a 19-year-old in the face during an operation in Göttingen. A video of the incident in the young man's apartment caused a stir on Twitter.
A police officer hit a 19-year-old in the face during an operation in Göttingen. A video of the incident in the young man's apartment caused a stir on Twitter.
"We can confirm that they are officers from the Göttingen police," said a police spokeswoman. The police officer and three other officers drove to the 19-year-old's apartment on Thursday morning because of a repeated "massive disturbance of the peace".
It is unclear why the policeman hit him in the face and which of the officers carried out the blow. "The investigation into the suspicion of bodily harm is ongoing, but is being taken over by another police station," said the spokeswoman.
This is a common practice for reasons of neutrality during the investigation.
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