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Mass Brawl at Hamburg Private Party Leaves Five Officers Injured

A Landeskriminalamt inquiry is under way after police released two guests who were held overnight in connection with the violent clash.

Overview

  • About 50 of roughly 200 attendees at an event venue in Rotherbaum engaged in a large-scale fight in the early hours.
  • Local police, riot police and federal officers were dispatched around 3:20 a.m. to quell the disorder.
  • Five officers sustained injuries during the intervention, with three treated in hospital and subsequently discharged.
  • Two men, aged 36 and 41, were provisionally detained overnight and released after police procedures.
  • Landeskriminalamt investigators are probing the cause of the brawl and assessing whether other guests were hurt.