Shocking footage shared on social media shows an argument and a physical altercation between a DHL delivery driver and a couple in Germany after an alleged parking row
This is the shocking moment a DHL parcel delivery driver appears to beat up a couple in broad daylight in the middle of the street following an alleged parking row.
Footage shared on social media shows the altercation in Herne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is now the subject of an investigation for grievous bodily harm. According to reports, the couple was bothered by the allegedly illegally parked DHL vehicle – and their argument, initially verbal, turned physical.
The clip shows that as the argument escalated, the delivery driver said: “I’m working here, and you call me ‘monkey.’ If you’re a man, put on your boxing gloves and we’ll go spar.” It is alleged the man, 54, of the couple had punched the delivery driver’s vehicle beforehand, to which the DLH employee replied: “I’m working, you can’t hit it like that.”
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The woman, 42, then intervened, and said: “It’s closing time here, I wasn’t talking about you, but you getting out here and shouting such things at us.” As the argument escalated, the woman warned the driver to take his hands off her and stay away, as her partner shouted at the DHL worker too.
“Do you want to hit me?” the courier then asked, to which the woman replied: “Do you think I have a problem with that? You shouldn’t try that, you won’t survive, get in your car.”
The delivery driver said: “I’m a boxer, but I had a nose job, I can’t hit myself.” The woman then warned him: “You won’t survive if you get in the ring with me.” The fight then continued, as the delivery man punched the woman in the face – and at some point, her partner was hit so hard that he tumbled over a hedge.
He also appeared to threaten a local resident who was filming the incident. A local resident who witnessed the fight told Bild: “The way the DHL driver suddenly and brutally attacked was horrible. Punching a woman in the face like that without warning – I was stunned.” She added that there was also a “terrified” child sitting in the couple’s car who kept screaming throughout the fight. The driver was arrested at the scene and the DHL car was later picked up by a colleague.
Police spokesperson Marco Bischoff said the woman suffered minor injuries and had to be treated as an outpatient in hospital. DHL spokesperson Sarah Preuß said the employee was dismissed, adding that the company was “shocked” by the incident.
She told Bild in a statement: “We are shocked by what is shown in it. As a company, we firmly reject any form of violence and aggressive behaviour. Neither at the time of hiring nor at any later point did we have any indication that the former employee was known to the police or had even committed a crime.”
The Mirror has contacted DHL for comment.