Germany: Afghan on Trial for Throwing Paving Stones at First Responders

Hat tip Remix News (Hungary) and Gates of Vienna

Last August in Frankfurt, Germany, rescue workers were attending to a woman who had fainted on the street. While they were treating the woman, a 30-year-old Afghan male (not further identified) allegedly threw at least 3 paving stones at the rescue workers, narrowly missing the head of one of them. Arrested a short time later, the man is now facing trial for attempted serious bodily injury.

Yet another Afghan success story in Europe.

The article below from BILD is translated by Fousesquawk. 

Prosecutor assured 
Man (30) hurls paving stones at first responders

Caption: The man hurled paving stones with full force at Frankfurt first responder Michael Wehner and his colleagues
Frankfurt/Main- Another incredibly cowardly attack on rescue personnel. In Frankfurt, a man hurled three paving stones at rescue personnel, one barely missing the emergency paramedic Michael Wehner (46).
A 30-year-old Afghan was arrested by patrol officers shortly after the attack on August 7, 2024, and is in custody. Now the state prosecutor’s office has filed charges. The charge: Suspicion of attack on rescue personnel with attempted dangerous bodily injury.
Senior State Prosecutor Dominik Mies to BILD: “Anyone who attacks rescue personnel must feel the entire weight of the law.”
Caption: “A picture from the scene of the crime: Michael Wehner photographed one of the at least three stones that were thrown at the rescue personnel.
Stones thrown at rescuers
A look back: Altogether, there were 6 rescue workers on the bank of the Main River in the train station quarter of Frankfurt, (and) two were already treating a woman who had fainted. According to the charges, “without any discernible reason, the suspect allegedly took gravel stones weighing about 400 grams from an old railway track and threw them at the rescuers”.
Out of the corner of his eye, Wehner saw a man with a hood and screamed at him to stop. But it got even worse! The Afghan allegedly then aimed and threw another stone with great force, “in which the stone hit and damaged the rescue wagon at the level of the witnesses’ head,” according to the prosecutor’s office. 
The paramedic of the Worker-Paramedic-Federation (ASB):  “If it had hit our heads, my colleagues or I would have been at least seriously injured.” The fragments could have caused a traumatic brain injury, in the worst case, fatal.
Increasing attacks against rescue personnel
The fact is: Violence against police, firemen, and rescue workers has been increasing for years. Every day, 54 police officers are injured through acts of violence.

Caption: Frankfurt chief prosecutor Dominik Mies
This is the sentence facing the stone thrower
Chief public prosecutor Dominik Mies: “An attack upon rescue personnel, while they are saving lives, is about the most contemptible thing one can imagine. Therefore, we are taking consistent action against such suspects.”
The jurist continues: “The accused is facing a sentence of 6 months to 10 years.” A trial date has not yet been set.
Rescue worker Michael Wehner: “Way too often, the perpetrators of such attacks (are treated) leniently or the investigations come to nothing. But what if, the next time, the stone-thrower has a knife and attacks us with it?”