North Rhine-Westphalia
Castrop-Rauxel: Machetes and firearm seized
Police shield a group of people after the mass brawl on Thursday. The following night, a larger group of people gathered again in downtown Castrop-Rauxel. photo
© Marc Gruber/7aktuell/dpa
Dozens of people attacked each other with knives and baseball bats on a street in Recklinghausen. There are injured. Just one day later, there is another large-scale police operation.
After a fight in which several people were injured in Castrop-Rauxel (Recklinghausen district), a larger group of people gathered in the city again last night. The gathering on Wittener Strasse triggered a large-scale police operation. The group was “obviously related to Thursday’s altercation,” police said. The background to the meeting on Friday evening was initially unknown.
The officers checked 116 people and searched 24 vehicles. A police helicopter was also in action. Dangerous items such as knives, machetes and a firearm were seized during the searches. After the end of the operation, the participants were given a place reference and an entry ban.
As the message went on to say, the police will also be more present in Castrop-Rauxel in the next few days. Police President Friederike Zurhausen announced yesterday that police measures in the city area would be increased.
Two groups attacked each other in Castrop-Rauxel on Thursday evening. As the police and prosecutors announced yesterday, at least seven people were injured – some seriously. The North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) had spoken of a “tumult” and indications that the case could have something to do with the clan milieu.