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Chemnitz / Dresden (dpa / sn) - Around two and a half years after the attack on the host of a Jewish restaurant in Chemnitz, the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against a 29-year-old alleged right-wing extremist.
As the authority announced on Thursday, he comes from Stade in Lower Saxony.
He is accused of dangerous bodily harm, serious breach of the peace and property damage.
The law provides for a prison sentence of six months to 10 years in the event of a conviction.
The man had a criminal record - in part relevant - it was said.
So far, he has not gotten into the matter.
The accused is said to have thrown gravel stones and a beer bottle in the direction of the landlord who was standing in front of his restaurant in Chemnitz on the late evening of August 27, 2018, together with at least nine other people.
The restaurant owner is said to have been insulted anti-Semitically from among the attackers.
«One of the gravel stones hit the host on the shoulder, causing him to suffer pain for several days.
More stones thrown led to property damage in the restaurant, ”it said.
The property damage was around 500 euros.
At the end of August and September 2018 there were serious riots in Chemnitz.
The background was the violent death of a 35-year-old German on the edge of the Chemnitz city festival.
Asylum seekers were held responsible for the act.
A Syrian was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for manslaughter and serious assault in August 2019.
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Because of the excesses of violence, in which right-wing extremists from all over Germany took part, Chemnitz had hit the headlines internationally.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, 18 criminals have been convicted of, among other things, breach of the peace, threats and bodily harm.