A German court convicted six right-wing extremists Friday for a violent rampage against foreigners earlier this year.
The skinheads, aged between 18 and 23, were convicted of screaming racial slurs at a 15-year-old African and beating him on a streetcar.
The band then attacked a 15-year-old Turk waiting at a streetcar stop, repeatedly kicked his bleeding body after he fell to the ground.
Both of the victims recovered from their injuries.
Three of the convicted were given suspended sentences and told to perform between 100 and 150 hours of community service. The remaining attackers were sentenced to up to 23 months in prison.
Germany has been plagued by a rise in right-wing extremist violence this year, targeted at foreigners and other minorities and Jewish institutions -- ESSEN (AFP)
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