Two colleagues from a delivery company attacked each other in Thuringia. A 24-year-old was seriously injured in the head with a parcel scanner.

The other work colleague, 33 years old, was slightly injured. The altercation occurred on Wednesday morning in Erfurt, Thuringian police said. There had previously been an argument between the two men for unknown reasons. The younger man was taken to hospital with a serious head injury. He was treated and released from hospital on Wednesday afternoon.