Overview
- The confrontation erupted around 6:15 a.m. in a tunnel between platforms 4 and 5 at Köln Hauptbahnhof, according to accounts relayed by local media.
- A Schalke supporter reportedly pulled an emergency brake at track 8, after which around 340 Schalke fans left the train and encountered a similar number of Dortmund supporters.
- Federal police intervened with batons and pepper spray and, with Cologne police assisting, separated the groups and returned them to their carriages.
- One officer was injured during the operation, the trains continued their journeys, and no arrests were made at the scene.
- Authorities have opened investigations on suspicion of breach of the peace, dangerous bodily harm, resisting police, and unlawful use of an emergency brake.