The spot where Daniel Hillig was stabbed and later died of his injuries in Chemnitz city centre. Two refugees have since been arrested

Violence that has gripped part of eastern Germany spread last night to the north of the country after a Syrian man was left seriously injured after being whipped with an iron chain.

Three men assaulted the migrant in the town of Wismar, in the northeast of Germany.

The 20-year-old immigrant was on his way home through a park in the centre of the town when three men speaking German stopped him and hurled racist abuse at him.

“Two suspects then hit the victim in the face. The third beat him with an iron chain about the shoulder and the ribs,“ the police said. “That made the 20-year-old fall to the ground. Then the three attackers kicked him. They then fled.“

He was taken to