Pepper spray, baton, injured: police spokesman explains escalation of violence with Bayern fans
Created: 2022-11-20 06:05
By: Patrick Mayer
Pepper spray and baton: The police took a probably forbidden flag out of the guest block at the regional league derby between Türkgücü Munich and FC Bayern II.
© IMAGO/BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Goldberg
The police use pepper spray and a baton against FC Bayern fans.
A police spokesman justified the drastic action in Heimstetten at Merkur.de.
Munich – Worrying escalation of violence in the Munich regional league derby: The game between Türkgücü and FC Bayern II was first interrupted and then stopped in Heimstetten after just two minutes.
Fans of the German Bundesliga record champions had shown a probably forbidden flag.
The riot police then went to the away fans' block to get the banner.
Against FC Bayern fans: Police use pepper spray and probably a baton
There were hectic riots, the police used pepper spray against the trailers.
A video available on
Merkur.de
and circulating on Twitter is also intended to show how the officers used batons.
A police officer hits a trailer lying on the ground several times.
The video cannot be fully verified.
There were several injured.
Pepper spray, batons, riots: A police spokesman explained to
Merkur.de
on request how such an escalation of violence could have occurred on the tranquil sports grounds west of the Isar metropolis.
“The game has started.
As the game progressed, a flag with a Kurdish reference was held up by the Bayern fans.
This led to corresponding reactions from the Turkish fans on site and to an aggressive mood," said the police spokesman: "These (
the Turkish fans, ed.
) initially wanted to hold a minute's silence because of the attack in Turkey.
Folders and the police intervened.
We were able to prevent direct clashes between the fans."
Because of the Kurdish flag?
Riots at Türkgücü Munich against FC Bayern II
To put this in context: Last Sunday afternoon (November 13), six people were killed and at least 81 injured in an attack in Istanbul.
According to the Turkish authorities, a Syrian woman is said to have carried out the attack on behalf of the Kurdish underground organization PKK.
The PKK denies that. According to Turkish information, the order for the attack came from Kobanê, a city in northern Syria that belongs to the Kurdish autonomous region of Rojava.
Apparently this banner caused the game to be abandoned in the derby between Türkgücü Munich and FC Bayern II.
© IMAGO/BEAUTIFUL SPORTS/Goldberg
Photos show what was written on the banner in Heimstetten: "FC Bayern Fanclub Kurdistan".
The Kurdish flag could also be seen on it.
"The flag was not removed after repeated requests.
The police forces then went into the block and took out the flag," said the spokesman for the Munich police: "The officers encountered resistance and had to use pepper spray.
I personally do not know whether the baton was used.
The operation is currently being processed.” The spokesman continued: “The baton is usually only used to push and push away.”
Türkgücü Munich against FC Bayern II: Emergency services were already in Heimstetten
Emergency services were already on site, "because Türkgücü is a club that polarizes a little more than other clubs," he explained to
Merkur.de
.
Because of the charged atmosphere, the officials finally had to call in reinforcements from the riot police, who also called for several ambulances.
"If you get pepper spray, it has to be washed out from a medical point of view," said the police spokesman.
According to initial reports, nine people were injured.
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Groups of the organized fan scene expressed their displeasure on social media by Saturday evening.
Above all, the scene polarized that shows the officer hitting the fan lying on the ground with his baton.
Conversely, videos are circulating that document how beer mugs are thrown at officials and how Bayern fans insult them (“bull pigs”).
FC Bayern did not want to comment on the events on Saturday when asked, Türkgücü announced a statement for the weekend.
In the video: FC Bayern II clearly defeats regional league opponents
Explosive:
Merkur.de
also has a video on which it can be heard how the fans of the home team applaud when the police violently go into the block of FCB supporters.
Riots at Türkgücü against FC Bayern II: BFV condemns "violence"
The Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which is responsible for the game operations in the Bavarian Regionalliga, has already commented.
BFV managing director Jürgen Igelspacher, who was there as a spectator, explained: "The fact that the game was stopped can by no means be in the spirit of football - any form of violence has no place on our pitches!
A further classification of the events is reserved for the sports courts.” Pepper spray, baton, injuries - the incidents from the Munich suburb should continue to cause discussions in the German football fan scene.
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