Overview
- Interior Senator Iris Spranger plans to meet this week with Hertha chief Peter Görlich and the police leadership to review the incident and next steps.
- Police say officers were attacked with bottles and poles at the Ostkurve entrance, reporting 21 injured officers, 31 injured fans, five arrests, and the use of pepper spray and physical force.
- Hertha’s board criticized aspects of the deployment, called for a binding de‑escalation dialogue that includes the senator, pledged fact‑gathering, and condemned all violence.
- Hertha-Fanhilfe alleges massive police violence and reports injured supporters, while the active fan scene exited shortly after kickoff in protest; videos circulating online purport to show heavy-handed tactics.
- The police union denounced attacks on officers, describing the events as a violent excess, as competing accounts remain under review by authorities and the club.