Landshut (dpa / lby) – A man is said to have insulted a seven-year-old girl in Landshut and pulled her hair. According to police reports on Thursday, the stranger initially addressed the child, according to his own statements, with the words: “You’re not German” and “That’s not your real hair”.

The police are looking for the man and for witnesses to the incident described by the girl on Tuesday, a police spokesman said. The contact with the child runs through a social worker in a children’s home. He appeared with the child on Wednesday at the police station. So far there are only the statements of the girl. The police spokesman said the descriptions were credible from the point of view of the police.

The stranger also grabbed the girl’s hair and pulled it, police said. The girl was able to free herself. The stranger scratched the child’s back with his fingernails. According to the social worker, traces of it can be seen on the skin. The child was finally able to run away. According to the description, the man is about 50 years old.