A pair of transgender women were stoned in the street near a Dortmund, Germany train station this week by three teens who were apparently visiting from out of town.

Victims Jasmin, 37, and Elisa, 50, reported that the teens were originally hitting on the women, but then felt their “honor was hurt” when they discovered that the ladies were transgender.

The victims told police that the teens, who already had criminal records for assault and theft, said “you sluts need to be stoned” before picking up rocks and attacking the women.

Police who were already in the area spotted the situation and arrested the teens, and later confirmed that the assailants intended to kill the women.

The young men were allegedly speaking in Arabic at one point, and the women reported that they also tried to grab their breasts and pull their hair before the police intervention.

“That was barbaric what they did. They are barbarians,” said Yasmine, who was shocked that such an act would occur in this day and age.

“In 2016, in Germany, with stoning!” she said in disbelief, adding that it was the first time she felt unsafe as a transgender woman in 30 years.

h/t: Metro