A man is said to have put a punch in the stomach of a pregnant woman wearing a headscarf in Berlin. The 41-year-old had been with another woman at the S-Bahn Neukölln and advised with the man in dispute, the police said. He had brought his dog uncomfortably close to the women and their children.

In the dispute, the man insulted the women because of their headscarves and beat the pregnant woman with his fist in the stomach. He also tried to beat the other woman. However, she was able to dodge, whereupon the attacker had fled.

The pregnant woman came to a hospital. The state protection determined.