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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The police have arrested a suspected mask refuser in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

The 18-year-old is said to have boarded a BVG bus on line 248 on Thursday afternoon without mouth and nose protection, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.

When the bus driver pointed this out, the suspect is said to have lashed out and insulted the bus driver.

The young man is being investigated for not wearing mouth and nose protection and for insulting him.

The «BZ» had previously reported on the arrest.

Report BZ