German court convicts Iranian, 3 Afghans over mass assault
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A court in Bavaria has convicted an Iranian and three Afghan men over their drunken assault of passers-by that prompted a public outcry in Germany in December.
The Amberg regional court on Friday sentenced the 18-year-old Iranian, whose name wasn't released, to two years and seven months of juvenile detention.
The three Afghan men were given suspended sentences of between six and 13 months.
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The defendants, who have all applied for asylum in Germany, can appeal the verdicts.
Fifteen people were hurt when the men, who were intoxicated at the time, assaulted passers-by near the town's train station.
Bavarian governor Markus Soeder condemned the attacks and "the fact that certain far-right groups are trying to abuse this."