North Rhine-Westphalia
Confrontation with firearms: injured in Duisburg
Police officers are looking for traces of the shooting on the Hamborner Altmarkt in Marxloh. Photo: Roberto Pfeil/dpa
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Four people were injured by shots on the Hamborner Altmarkt in Duisburg. The police are investigating.
Four people were injured in a shootout in Duisburg on Wednesday evening. Two groups met on the Hamborner Altmarkt, said a police spokesman on Thursday morning. Numerous shots were fired.
Witnesses alerted the police. When officers arrived at the scene, many of those involved fled. Two injured people were taken to hospital by ambulance, two others fled and later sought medical treatment themselves. The police took 15 people into temporary custody.
The motive for the dispute was initially unclear. However, there were members of both the clan milieu and the rocker milieu in both groups, said a police spokesman. One cannot distinguish between victims and perpetrators. At first there was talk of 80-100 people who met on the square. The police now spoke of a three-digit number of people who had gathered there.
The police are still busy with the crime scene investigation. It is a large area and there are many tracks, the police spokesman said. In the course of the day, the arrested persons are also to be questioned.