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Horror On Streets Of Germany: State Of Emergency Declared As 80 Men Brawl With Machetes |
2018-04-01 |
[Express] A street battle between 60 men armed with machetes and metal pipes forcing a state of emergency to be declared in Duisburg. Police were called to the Altmarkt area of the city over reports of the mass bawl. Officers used CS gas to control the brawling men. The scores of men were also using telescopic batons in the fight in Druisburg, which is on the west of Germany. Police said they were spat at and had objects hurled at them. Around 50 people were locked away You have the right to remain silent... and onlookers captured the brutality in shocking photos. Those arrested refused to explain what sparked the fight and 30 people were later released. A police official told the newspaper Der Westen: "There are three rival groups. It may be a conflict between Turks, Lebanese and Kurds. "Unlike with a demonstration of that size, we do not have a contact person, nobody wants to talk to the police." He added: "The officers got the situation under control before it escalated." Betwwen 20 to 30 people were on each side of the fight in Monday night's incident and police said the majority of those arrested were from a Lebanese background. The police front man said similar incidents had taken place the previous night and the week before. Police are looking into whether there is a connection. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#12 A couple of trained chaps with khukris will straighten out the imported rubes. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-04-01 22:19 |
#11 Turks, Lebanese and Kurds? Should have let them fight to the last man, then arrest him... |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2018-04-01 19:28 |
#10 Schnell! Wir brauchen Anti-Machete Gesetze! (Quick! We need anti-machete laws!) |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-04-01 11:39 |
#9 You can have my machete when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-04-01 10:28 |
#8 Heaven is where the police are British, ...oh, how times have changed. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-01 08:43 |
#7 They need a whiff of the grape, and I don't mean wine. |
Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-01 08:00 |
#6 Do the German police not have firearms, or are they not permitted to use them on Germany's new masters? |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-04-01 06:34 |
#5 Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lover's Swiss, the police German and it's all organized by the Italians. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-04-01 06:24 |
#4 I see integration is taking an "unexpected" turn. Depends on what kind of rock you live under. |
Posted by: gorb 2018-04-01 04:17 |
#3 I love it when a plan comes together. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-01 03:39 |
#2 nobody wants to talk to the police." I see integration is taking an "unexpected" turn. |
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-01 03:10 |
#1 Police said they were spat at and had objects hurled at them |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-01 02:50 |