Overview
- The clashes, which unfolded Monday evening at the Tuttlingen bus and train station, involved two separate confrontations that left several people injured and were recorded by a passerby.
- In the first fight, three teenagers aged 15 to 18 were struck with iron bars and needed hospital treatment; a second attack hours later left a 23-year-old hit with iron bars, stones and a brass knuckle and threatened with a knife.
- Police reported that the rival groups included Afghan and Syrian youths and young adults and that officers at the scene seized a knife and a brass knuckle as evidence.
- Staff at Klinikum Tuttlingen treated multiple victims and an eyewitness said two treated participants later shouted at and harassed hospital personnel, prompting concern for staff safety.
- Authorities have opened investigations for dangerous bodily harm, are seeking witnesses via the Tuttlingen police station, and the seizures and video evidence could shape criminal charges if suspects are identified.