Eight Indian men were injured in a possible racist attack by about 50 Germans at a fair in eastern Germany over the weekend, police said Monday. Four assailants and two police officers were also injured in the incident in the town of Muegeln, which started with a scuffle on the dance floor of a party tent in the early hours of Sunday, the Associated Press reported. «A group of about 50 Germans and several onlookers then chased the escaping Indians across the market square,» said Ilka Peter, a spokeswoman for police in nearby Leipzig. The Indians sought shelter in a pizza parlor run by an Indian, but some of the Germans kicked in the doors of the building and beat them up, she said. «We were told that some people were shouting 'foreigners get out,' but we don't know if those slurs came from the onlookers or the attackers,» Peter said, adding that 70 police officers were needed to bring the situation under control. Two suspects were detained after the attack but later released. One Indian man remained hospitalized Monday, Peter said. Muegeln mayor Gotthard Deuse said on MDR television that the incident may have had a racist motivation.
