Berlin: A dispute between two men after a district league soccer game in Berlin degenerated into an unequal brawl with several injuries. Four of those involved were taken to hospitals on Sunday evening, the police said on Monday. Other participants in the brawl in Birkenstrasse therefore refused treatment. A 28-year-old, who is said to have injured two opponents with a knife, was taken into custody by the police. Emergency services confiscated, among other things, a telescopic baton, a stun gun and a baseball bat. The police speak of a particularly serious breach of the peace.
A player and a coach from a football club are said to have been among those involved, said a police spokesman. Originally, according to the investigators’ first findings, a 43-year-old and an 18-year-old got into an argument after the football game. They would then have arranged to meet for the evening. While the older man appeared with a companion, the 18-year-old brought a total of 30 to 40 men, including several relatives. “The two men were surrounded by the group and suddenly attacked with various dangerous objects,” said the police. The 43-year-old and his companion are said to be among the injured who were taken to hospital.
Source: DPA
Hohen Luckow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: In an accident with a combine harvester in the Rostock district, a man got into the machine with both legs and was seriously injured. The 25-year-old noticed on Saturday afternoon in Hohen Luckow when emptying the bunker of the agricultural machine that a feeder was clogged with grain, the police said on Sunday morning. When trying to remove the blockage, the man got both feet in two counter-rotating screw conveyors for reasons that are still unknown.
As the specialist portal “Top Agrar” reports, citing the police, the accident victim had to have both legs amputated in an emergency operation before he could be flown to a hospital for further treatment.
Source: DPA, “Top Agrar”
Rommerskirchen, NRW: The police shot a 41-year-old man during an operation in Rommerskirchen (Rhein-Kreis Neuss) and seriously injured him. The officials were called on Sunday evening because of disputes between the man and his partner, a police spokeswoman in Neuss said on Monday morning. When the colleagues arrived, the 41-year-old approached them and was shot at. A rescue helicopter took him to the hospital.
The spokeswoman did not initially provide any further information on the course of the operation. The incident happened in front of a house on the street. The police in Düsseldorf took over the investigation in the case.
Source: DPA
Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg: A man drove his car over a curb in Pforzheim, flew into a bus stop and then fled the scene of the accident. As the police announced on Monday, a car crashed into a bus shelter near the police headquarters on Sunday evening, breaking the glass panes and bending the metal frame. A spokesman said there was damage in the low five-digit range. The perpetrator wanted to flee the scene of the accident, but was found by officers. It was initially unclear how the accident happened. Several media had previously reported about it.
Source: DPA
Münster, NRW: Police officers are allowed to join the last generation climate protection group as long as it is not banned. Professor Markus Thiel, who teaches public law at the Police University in Münster, pointed this out. You cannot be held responsible for crimes committed by other members. After all, members of a shooting club would not be penalized if a shooter from their club ran amok. Of course, things are different when it comes to inciting or supporting crimes, said Thiel, who, by his own admission, has focused on police law for more than 20 years. A policewoman from North Rhine-Westphalia, as a member of the climate activist group Last Generation, spoke on a voluntary basis and in her free time at the German Police University. Representatives of the FDP and CDU had criticized this.
According to Thiel, the duty of moderation and neutrality is part of the special service and loyalty of civil servants. Only through membership in a climate protection movement, he sees neither moderation nor neutrality violated, said Thiel. It is different with statements against the free democratic basic order. If the movement were to officially oppose this order with the main goal, police officers would have to distance themselves from it, according to Thiel.
Source: DPA
Hassfurt, Bavaria: A 36-year-old is said to have robbed and seriously injured his work colleague in Hassfurt (Hassberge district). During a dispute at the company, the man demanded cash from his colleague, the police said on Monday. He is also said to have injured the 60-year-old in the incident on Thursday. Rescue workers took the 60-year-old to the hospital with a fractured arm. The 36-year-old is now being investigated for extortion. Officials arrested him at his home on Thursday. According to the police, he has been in custody since Friday.
Source: DPA
Obernzell, Bavaria: The search for the 55-year-old man who went missing after a water skiing accident on the Danube in Obernzell (Passau district) continues. As a spokesman announced on Monday, the forces of the water police are already on site. Despite extensive searches by the water police, DLRG, water rescue service, fire brigade and two helicopters, the water skier could not be found on Sunday. Shipping traffic has been suspended.
The 55-year-old has been missing since Sunday afternoon. There was an accident while water skiing. When the man wanted to climb onto the boat via the stern, he reportedly got caught in the drive screw, which was still turning. He lost his leg and then got under water.
Source: DPA
