A ten-year-old Boy has been shot in Chemnitz, shot and the leg hurt. Because the child has Afghan nationality, could not be ruled out a xenophobic motive, police said on Friday. The state security took over the investigation. The shooter is still unknown.

According to the police, the crime occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the District of Sonnenberg. The Boy was hit in the thigh and suffered a bleeding wound. He was treated on an outpatient basis. In the case of the track search, the police found a plastic bullet that was allegedly fired from a compressed-air gun.

The police determined because of dangerous bodily injury. Now she is looking for witnesses, who stopped on Wednesday in the vicinity of the crime scene.