The alleged perpetrator injured a medical employee and a helper during a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. The manhunt is ongoing.
Gera – During a corona vaccination campaign in Gera, Thuringia, a mobile vaccination team was attacked on Saturday. Two members of the team were injured, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. The police confirmed the incident, which took place in a shopping mall that afternoon. According to the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), the man had requested a vaccination certificate, but did not want to be vaccinated. When the staff told him that there would be no certificate without a vaccination, the man “went crazy”. He had injured a medical worker and a helper.
Thuringia: alleged perpetrator still at large
You were treated in a hospital, but according to KV information, you have already been discharged. The attacker had himself registered during the vaccination campaign so that his data was known. According to a spokesman, the police stopped him in a parking garage and there was a complaint against him. He is at large. According to the police, he was also said to have been slightly injured in the mall.
According to the KV pandemic staff leader, it is the first time since the start of the vaccination campaign that a vaccination team in Thuringia has been attacked. The vaccination campaign was then canceled and 120 people had been vaccinated by the time the incident occurred. The action should be repeated. (sot with dpa)
