Baseball bat and baton
Danger to life: Basketball fans beat each other
26.05.2024, 11:31 a.m.
A mass brawl among basketball fans raged in Berlin on Saturday evening. The ultras from rival clubs from Greece were in the capital for the Euroleague Final Four and attacked each other with weapons during the massive riots. 89 people were arrested.
In a mass brawl between basketball fans before the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin, one person was critically injured. The fire department confirmed this when asked by the German Press Agency, but did not provide any further details. “t-online” was the first to report this.
According to the police, around 60 people clashed violently at the Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station at around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday evening. Fans of the basketball clubs from Athens and Piraeus were involved, a spokeswoman for the situation service said in the morning. The two Greek clubs are playing in the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin this weekend. Panathinaikos Athens will face Real Madrid in the final this Sunday evening, while Olympiakos Piraeus will play against Fenerbahce Istanbul for third place. There had already been riots at the arena at the Ostbahnhof before the semifinals on Friday. Two police officers were slightly injured.
89 arrests
Baseball bats and batons were used in the confrontation on Saturday evening and several people were injured, a police spokesman said overnight. It was initially unclear how many people were injured in the incident.
According to the situation service, there were 89 preliminary arrests for identity checks and various criminal charges for bodily harm and dangerous bodily harm. Police officers intervened and then treated the injured together with the fire brigade, who took the critically injured person to hospital.
Shortly afterwards, another altercation broke out in front of a hotel in the Spandau district. Around 50 people, also supporters of the clubs, are said to have attacked each other. There were also provisional arrests. In addition, investigations are underway for setting off pyrotechnics as a violation of the Explosives Act.