"Reasonless" attack on a folk festival: police officers seriously injured - investigations are ongoing

Created: 05/08/2022, 18:33

In Landshut there was a brutal attack on police forces.

© imago/Ralph Peters

Excessive violence in Landshut: Several police officers were suddenly attacked at a folk festival and some were seriously injured.

Landshut – A group of men injured three officials, some seriously, in a dispute with police officers at the Landshuter Frühlingsdult.

Two suspected thugs aged 33 and 38 were taken into custody, the police said on Sunday (May 8).

Attack on Landshuter Frühlingsdult: police officers seriously injured

The older of the two is accused of attempted manslaughter: He is said to have kicked a police officer lying on the ground in the face.

The 33-year-old has to answer on suspicion of intentional bodily harm.

According to the police, the officers were "insulted and physically attacked for no reason" by the men in front of a marquee on Saturday.

The police used pepper spray and batons.

A police spokesman said that initially nothing was known about injuries to the alleged attackers.

Three police officers were taken to the hospital with injuries, some of them serious.

A total of four men were taken into custody.

Excessive violence at a folk festival: the police issue arrest warrants

Arrest warrants were issued against the 38-year-old and the 33-year-old on Sunday.

The extent and nature of the involvement of the other two men has yet to be determined.

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