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| Punch-up at German Asylum Center Leaves 6 Injured | |
| 2015-11-01 | |
| [AnNahar] Some 50 people at a German shelter for asylum seekers engaged in a violent brawl overnight, hurling chairs and beating each other with table legs, leaving six people injured, police said Saturday. The punch-up, which took place in the northern town of Itzehoe, was the latest illustration of the rising tensions between refugees at the country's overstretched reception centers. The dispute broke out during the evening meal on Friday when an Arabic-speaking refugee insulted a group of Kurds, a police statement said. The confrontation quickly escalated, drawing in around 50 people who threw tables, chairs and benches and beat each other with table legs. Security guards tried to break up by fight by using pepper spray and around 50 police and six dogs were called in as backup. Four asylum seekers were treated for head injuries and two security guards sustained light injuries, the statement said. Two young Kurds -- one Syrian and one Iraqi -- as well as a Syrian were locked away Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! after being singled out as the main instigators, with police saying they would be transferred to "other centers around the country".
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