World Bulletin / News Desk

German police are probing whether a 17-year-old refugee boy from Somalia committed suicide after being encouraged by onlookers to jump off a building in the eastern town of Schmoelln.

For an hour negotiators tried to persuade the teenager to move back while neighbours booed and encouraged the boy to kill himself, media sources reported. “One less parasite then!” yelled one racist. “Go on, jump!” yelled others.

Germany welcomed 800,000 refugees into the country last year, sparking criticism from some segments of society against the move.

Source: TRTWorld