Overview
- Interior Senator Iris Spranger plans a mid‑week meeting with Hertha CEO Peter Görlich and Police President Barbara Slowik Meisel to begin dialogue.
- Police confirmed 21 officers and 31 fans were injured in the Olympiastadion concourse and reported five arrests.
- Police and fan representatives issued competing accounts, trading allegations of provocation, excessive force and readiness to use violence.
- Musician and eyewitness Frank Zander urged Hertha, fan groups and police to sit down quickly for a thorough review, saying the situation must not be repeated.
- Zander described a sold‑out stadium with an Ostkurve choreography and said the escalation was unexpected after a strong pre‑game atmosphere.