Bargain hunters storm Mannheim's city center - the police have to take tough action

Bargain hunters stormed downtown Mannheim on Black Friday and disregarded the corona rules.

The police therefore had to get help.

Mannheim - Bargain hunters were

really serious

at the weekend in

: In their hunt for the cheap

, they

the shops in Mannheim

so

that the police had to

move in

with additional

.

Some shops even had to close temporarily.

In addition, there were

up to 200 meters long in front of the shops in the square city

, which significantly obstructed the tram, the police said.

Black Friday: The situation in Mannheim city center is getting out of control

According to the

, compliance with the corona restrictions * such as the

and wearing mouth and nose protection * was a big problem

last weekend

.

On so-called Black Friday, many companies advertised particularly high discounts (* BW24 reported) - obviously many did not want to miss that.

On Friday afternoon the situation got so

that the police called colleagues from

for help.

In the afternoon, numerous

and

in Mannheim city center

had already developed

into

.

The police officers, together with the municipal security service of the city of Mannheim, informed the waiting customers of compliance with the Corona rules.

Many stores had let in too many customers and were overwhelmed.

Two

in the

also had to be

temporarily

because this was the only way to reduce the number of customers.

The police are now investigating the operators on suspicion of violating the applicable corona rules.

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“Bargain hunting and queues on the one hand, fewer contacts, minimum distance and mouth and nose protection on the other hand are not mutually exclusive,” said Police President Andreas Stenger.

Because many shops are turning Black Friday into a kind of

, i.e. a whole week of discounts, the police have upgraded their staff.

According to the

, business owners were

asked to

improve

their

order to comply with customer limits.

* BW24