A German juvenile court started the so-called “White Tiger” trial on Friday in which a man is accused of multiple sadistic online crimes including coercing a 13-year-old to take his own life.
The 21-year-old German-Iranian defendant was attacked on Thursday by other detainees shouting “White Tiger” while he was being transferred for the trial, his lawyer Christiane Yueksel told reporters outside the courtroom in Hamburg.
The defendant has been only partially identified as Shahriar J, in line...
Online predator ‘White Tiger’ on trial in Germany over crimes against children
Published 2 days ago
Source: scmp.com

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