LEIPZIG: A man was set to go on trial Tuesday in Germany over a racist attack on a group of Indians in the eastern town of Muegeln, which caused an international furore.
He was the fourth to be charged over the August violence, in which a brawl blew up at a dance party and eight Indians were chased across a street. The mob of German youth tried to break into a pizza parlour where the Indian men had taken refuge.
The man, 23, faces charges of race hate, which is part of the crime of sedition, and damaging property. His appearance in the district court in Oschatz, eastern Germany, will be the first time the charges are aired in public.
He has not admitted the charges. The court is expected to pass verdict the same day.
The incident, in which the mob yelled racist slurs, caused outrage in Germany and India, occurred in the early hours of August 19 as a town festival attended by both Indians and Germans was drawing to a close.
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