The EuroLeague (Champions League of basketball) finals were in Berlin over the weekend and these animals ended up rioting. The four teams were Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Fenerbache and Real Madrid, with Red Star Belgrade fans allegedly travelling over to scrap with the Pana and Olympiakos fans.
Unfortunately a lot of innocent bystanders got caught up in the trouble. Surprised this isn't a bigger story as some of the accounts are horrific. Seems the police badly prepared for it as well.
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Two mass brawls between basketball fans triggered major police operations in Prenzlauer Berg and Spandau late Saturday evening . According to the fire department , twelve people were injured at the Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station. One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The police are investigating a serious breach of the peace.
Shortly before 11 p.m., the fire brigade was alerted and, responding to a "mass casualty incident," sent numerous ambulances to the scene on Prenzlauer Allee. The situation on site was initially very difficult to assess, it was said. Police officers who arrived had difficulty controlling the approximately 200 aggressive fans of the basketball clubs from Athens and Piraeus, said a police spokesman. When they arrived, the emergency services encountered blood-stained men, some of whom were holding belts in their hands. Baseball bats and batons were also used in the altercation.
According to the police, there were at least 89 preliminary arrests and various criminal charges for bodily harm, dangerous bodily harm and breach of the peace. Police officers intervened and then cared for the injured together with the fire department.
The S-Bahn traffic was also affected by the large police operation. Ringbahn trains and the S8 did not stop at the Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station again until Sunday afternoon.
A video on social media shows a large group of people running towards the S-Bahn station where the fight took place.