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A photo taken on March 1, 2014 shows Dortmund's midfielder Kevin Grosskreutz reacting during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Dortmund vs 1FC Nuernberg in Dortmund, western Germany. A fan of German second division football team FC Cologne has filed a complaint against Grosskreutz who allegedly threw a kebab at him in Cologne on May 4, 2014. (AFP)
Borussia Dortmund's German international winger Kevin Grosskreutz has had a complaint for assault filed against him after allegedly throwing a kebab into the face of a Cologne fan, the Bild newspaper reported Tuesday.
Grosskreutz had just bought a kebab in the early hours of Monday morning with a team-mate when they were verbally abused by a group of Cologne supporters celebrating their club's promotion to the Bundesliga.
The defender is alleged to have thrown the kebab, a sandwich traditionally filled with grilled meat, salad and garlic sauce, and widely found in fast-food shops on German streets, into the face of one of the Cologne fans, who filed the complaint.
"It is correct that a complaint has been filed against Mr Grosskreutz and a criminal enquiry into assault has been launched," Bild quoted a local police spokesman as saying.
The 25-year-old player, capped four times for Germany, apologised for his pique of kebab throwing.
"I felt I had been attacked in my private life and I found the situation hurtful," Grosskreutz said.
"Of course I would have done better to have thrown the kebab on the ground. It's obvious that it wasn't the best solution and I'm sorry for that."
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