Overview

• Police described a “Tumultlage” involving an estimated 20 to 30 people on Pommernstraße in the Bismarck district on Sunday evening.
• At least five people were seriously hurt, including four in life-threatening condition, according to authorities.
• Knives, stun guns and baseball bats were used in the confrontation, police and the Essen prosecutor’s office said.
• Officers cordoned the area, deployed a helicopter, and began securing forensic evidence and interviewing witnesses.
• Six suspects — three women and three men aged 16 to 52 — were provisionally arrested at the scene.